John didn't say that Dylan was his 'idol'. He merely dug his music. Later on he took the piss out of Bob, with 'Serve Yourself'. But, I don't think it was malicious. Just John having a laugh.
It's because George was good friends with Bob. So it would sound super weird. They became big friends after 1967 or so when George started becoming his own songwriter and artist. He would visit Dylan, they made their own music, and eventually made a band together later on. So George was a lot closer to Bob as a human, than just this profound artist we all know
Bob Dylan also gave Brian Epstein some cannabis too, he was also with the boys at the time. While John, Paul, George, and Ringo were rolling around laughing, Brian was sitting on the bed trying to be graceful with a tiny bit of a joint and he was pointing to himself, saying: "Jew! Jew!"
@@mattiassvanberg8292 Brian did say 'Jew!' when he was high on cannabis. I know he was Jewish, but he did say that. If you watch The Brian Epstein Story documentary, Paul McCartney was explaining the time when he, John, Ringo, George, and Brian met Bob Dylan and how Brian was like when he took the joint.
George is a religious person, so the word 'idol' has a negative connotation to him. In his perspective it's actually an insult to call someone an 'idol.' Of course, how he describes Dylan would be the definition of the word 'idol' for many people.
I think that's natural - You cover a lot of his work, and you work with him, and eventually you don't idolize him but rather you come to know him, warts and all.
Yah for sure George is the coolest and, hence, the most similar to Dylan. High bar amongst the 5 of them. Bob and George seemed to know it themselves and hung out quite a bit. Nature is gonna do that.
well George was the one who stalked Bob Dylan and hid in bushes to take photos, even scaring Bob a bit. Paul and Ringo never did that, so I think George is just playing it cool here ;)
Words like "idol" and "hero" had a different meaning to George. To George those words would have a religious meaning. To Paul and Ringo it would simply mean : "like" - "enjoy" - "a forerunner" etc.
“I mean I’m in awe of McCartney. He’s about the only one that I am in awe of. But I’m in awe of him. He can do it all and he’s never let up, you know. He’s got the gift for melody, he’s got the rhythm. He can play any instrument. He can scream and shout as good as anybody and he can sing the ballad as good as anybody, you know so… And his melodies are, you know, effortless. That’s what you have to be in awe… I’m in awe of him maybe just because he’s just so damn effortless. I mean I just wish he’d quit, you know. [laughs] Just everything and anything that comes out of his mouth is just framed in a melody, you know …” - Bob Dylan
I loved hearing Bob talk about Paul like that. And the funny contrast between him talking about John. "Oh I always like to see John. He's a wonderful fellow. And uhh.. I always like to see him." lol
It is but didn’t you think…how come he didn’t find a pen and paper, write it down, and put it in his pocket? Doesn’t it seem weird to make the other guy do all that?
Ringo: "The night we met Dylan.....was the first time I ever smoked marijuana....and I laughed and I laughed and I laughed."..... it must feel good to turn someone's life around like that!
Bob Dylan introduces Ringo to marijuana, makes Ringo happy. Yoko Ono introduces John to heroin, makes John miserable. Also, Bob Dylan has sold more albums than Yoko.
Because of that or that was one reason he became a drug attic, almost killed his wife, most of the time he never remembered where he was or what he did. And everyone forgets this part, everyone at the end has to pay for their sins & it doesn’t matter that people don’t believe that, it still remains a fact. Everyone that has passed on before, if they could would exchange places with anyone that’s still living. About Bob D. Like everyone else you have to be in the mood to listen to him or the Beatles or any other Singer or group. That’s what Trump said. He also said I’ll be back. Don’t forget what you forgot.
Saying the Beatles wrote great melodies with corny lyrics is the same as claiming Dylan writes great poetry but can't sing. Missing the point. Dylan said recently that Paul McCartney is one surviving artist he admires above almost anyone else. They're both geniuses.
+zodiacbluesbaby People say that because they hear the stuff from before rubber soul and just think that it was all the beatles was. Lots of stupid people!
+zodiacbluesbaby Agree, but McCartney is strictly a musical genius, his ability to come up with great melodies is incredible. But his lyrics are, mostly, rubbish. Dylan wrote some good tunes too, but his real contribution was opening up everyone's minds to the fact that pop music could say more than, "I love ya, baby", much, much more.
Monty Rosenthal Yes, good tunes and lyrics. The revelation that came out of Dylan's autobiography was that he considers himself a musician first (pointing out that there are instrumental albums of his songs). This puts all the 'poet/ philosopher/ spokesman for a generation' stuff in context.
+zodiacbluesbaby I know many people are unable to get over the "can't sing" thing, but that particular criticism never crossed my mind. I love 60s/70s Dylan all the more because of his vocal performances. Blood on the Tracks has some of the most effective "singing" and phrasing I've heard from anyone. He could really make you feel so intensely with his voice. If that's not singing, fine. But I wouldn't want it any other way.
Jeremiah Peppercorn That's right - in his heyday Dylan was a fantastic vocal performer. From 'Only a Pawn in their Game' to 'Mr Tambourine Man' to 'Hurricane' - awesome! And in the '60's and early '70's he could sing really well live too. Lost that vocal ability later, though.
It was true. They had cannabis and Brian Epstein joined them as well. The Beatles and Bob Dylan had giggling fits, Brian was being sassful and pointing to his reflection saying he was Jewish.
Simple: there is nothing to explain. He was so high from his first time smoking marijuana (he was having a bit of a psychoactive experience) that he had this supposed insight from a higher place and he just wrote down what was on his mind in his delirious state. "there are seven levels" he had no idea what he was talking about
@51MontyPython There really ARE Seven Levels! The Universe really did speak with Paul. #chills #SevenLevelsOfTheConsciousness 1. Physical body 2. Mental Body 3. Emotional body 4. Psychological Body 5. Spiritual Body 6. Cosmic Body 7. Bliss/Divine Body - - - Manita Bajaj AND "I passed through the *seven levels* of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel." --- Buddy, The Elf.
For those who say Bob Dylan couldn't sing...Bowie said he had a voice like sand and glue. Can you imagine Dylan singing like Matt Monroe or Frank Sinatra? It just wouldn't be Dylan....get with the programme.
@ mick mc g I know this song. I have the cd. Yeah Bob can croon with the best of them when he wants to croon. His voice is probably shot after a million gigs and a million cigs so probably all he can do is croon.
"There are seven levels". Considering The Beatles, counting from the day Ringo joined, lasted exactly seven years, it's curious at the very least. Their first photos together were taken on 22nd August 1962 at a Cavern rehearsal, their last photo session together was on 22nd August 1969 at John's Tittenhurst house. You won't find any picture of all the Beatles together before or after. Seven levels.
wow great catch Paul once said that he never heard of the seven levels of boudhism before that night. From a man who dreamed of yesterday and wrote a music about Elanor Rigby and Father McKenzie whose graves were just feet away from his first meeting with John Lennon, I'd say it's probably meaning something. In any case, hilarious anecdote.
...and if he'd have said 9 or 6 you'd have found a way for those numbers to fit as well. "...anything fits when you're tripping on some trip..." ~ John Lennon
@@comanchio1976 Or maybe considering these events as pure coincidences is very convenient to fit to your vision of reality. Cultural and educational background is a kind of trip too and I lived too many strange occurances in my life incompatible with any logical probability. There are events that are just not explainable by our conception of normality. One day we will and it will only be science then. In the end I only trust mathematics. Have a nice day.
Paul once said that he never heard of the seven levels of boudhism before that night. From a man who dreamed of yesterday and wrote a music about Elanor Rigby and Father McKenzie whose graves were just feet away from his first meeting with John Lennon, I'd say it's probably meaning something. In any case, hilarious anecdote and the way Paul delivers it is pure gold. The Beatles are probably the funniest band ever.
I dream of songs all the time, wake up and write them. Bob Dylan said he did the same. I'm pretty sure a lot of musicians do, I'm not sure why Paul got so much awe over it
@@somebody2love cause he didn’t come up with just any songs in his dreams..he’s Paul mf McCartney and he had some of the worlds bests songs in his dreams! You can’t tell me Yesterday ain’t a banger and don’t deserve all the hubbub, cause it does!
Yeah? When McCartney played Tomorrow Never Knows to him, Dylan had an attack of acute existential vertigo and involuntarily evacuated his bowels. He fled from the room and didn't go back to a recording studio for a year and a half. He simply couldn't compete with the advances The Beatles and The Beach Boys were making. TNK must have sounded like gods or perhaps demons from another dimension. McCartney was cruel to put him in his place, but Bob was so full of himself, and what was Paul supposed to do, shield him from it? The professional critics have placed Dylan above all others and we can only speculate why, because, post '66 his stuff was mostly MOR, easy listening junk. Give me a break. (Blood On The Tracks is great, though.)
TNK was John's composition. It was released on Revolver on 6 August 1966, a month after Dylan crashed his motorcycle in Woodstock and remained as a recluse for the next 18 months. He came back with John Wesley Harding which many critics (inc Christopher Ricks) describe as a brilliant album. But it was at odds with the psychedelic experimentation embodied in the Beatles work. In 1978 interview Dylan described his outlook in 1967: "I didn't know how to record the way other people were recording, and didn't want to. The Beatles had just released Sgt. Pepper, which I didn't like at all ... I thought that was a very indulgent album, though the songs on it were real good. I didn't think all that production was necessary, 'cause The Beatles had never done that before."
Mick Gold Yes, John wrote the words and melody but the whole group created the finished item you hear on Revolver. McCartney was especially involved, creating the distinctive tape loops which are the hallmark of that track, and so had every reason to be very proud of it. Paul played it to Bob in the latter's suite at the Savoy where he stayed during much of his time spent in the UK for his May '66 tour. Dylan's reaction on hearing it was to storm out of the room without uttering a word, according to Marianne Faithful, who was present. He had, after all, just had the world yanked out from under him. Tomorrow Never Knows changed the world in which he made his living and where he was regarded as a prince, unrecognisably, and one might easily speculate that it was a shattering experience for him that caused him to question everything about his role in contemporary art and music, and how he saw himself, his image and his talent. The bike accident seems to have been a convenient excuse for ducking his touring and recording commitments, giving him time to regroup and rethink his strategies and, coincidentally, allowing time for the "production race" between The Beatles and The Beach Boys, in which neither Dylan nor the Stones could compete, to play itself out, after which everyone would resume making more modest, less fantastically ambitious records, like Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, Wild Honey, Jumping Jack, and yes, John Wesley Harding, about which opinion is divided, although mostly favourable. I'd say it's a good album, but there's one song which so overshadows the rest, it minimises the album as a whole. (And Jimi did it best!) Tomorrow Never Knows is astounding still; one can only imagine the impact it must have had on those contemporaries whose ears were attuned. Cilla laughed. Brian created Good Vibrations and made an effort to Smile. Bobby flounced out of the room.
Mr.Sensitive It's true The Beatles + George Martin made so many great musical achievements, but so does Phil Spector and Brian Wilson . what I wanted to say is nobody can write a song like Dylan. and beside the profesional critics, there's John lennon, Jimi, Bowie, Springsteen, Neil young (i can go on and on) that worshipped Dylan. So give me a break your comment is invalid
It was a life changing album, it made me think far deeper about my life & go out there to live it. I thought Dylan was the messiah! I’ve calmed down since & my heroes have changed but Dylan made me listen to the words & start reading more poetry. Turned me on to people like Cohen eventually & still love all those words that seem to be missing from music now.
I remember being at my friend Greg's house somewhere around '72, and I laughed...and I laughed...and I laughed. His mom came in to say goodnight and I laughed...and I laughed...and I laughed. Man, I couldn't stop! She smiled at first, but when I just kept laughing she slammed the door and left. I kinda felt bad afterward. Greg wasn't too happy with me either by then. My other "laughing' memory was with Arnie Wickheiser in Rockaway, Oregon 1973. Found some old weed he'd forgotten about. Had a little mold on it and we wondered if it was still any good. Laughed til we were weak and our stomachs ached. Fun times! We were kids. Did I just read a comment by someone proclaiming his "expert opinion" stated as fact? I think I did! Oh, yes...far better
How you stated it was a little harsh, but I do agree. Dylan DID show them there's more to the average pop song. It doesn't always have to be about girls.
The Beatles career came in two halves. Before Dylan there was the 'she loves you, yeah yeah yeah' teeny bop fluff. After Dylan, there was the decent stuff. Dylan changed what a pop song could be. What it could be about, how it could be structured and, especially, what it could say. The Beatles picked up on this. They learnt at the foot of a master. That master was Bob Dylan.
Anyone who says Dylan can’t sing, listen to masters of war, hard rain’s gonna fall, and tangled up in blue, and tell us who could sing those songs more effective and evocatively.
If he was alive he would be talking about how much better he was than Bob, not to mention the other Beatles. The guy could never admit he wasn't the center of the universe.
@@jeffs1546 That's bullshit. If you read some of his last interviews, John definitely does NOT, think that he's the 'center of the universe'. He was fairly modest, and had mellowed. It's a goddam shame that he was taken from us. Dylan said he missed John, and thought of him as his contemporary and felt bad, that they couldn't hang out as elder statesmen. Bummer. Give the song, Roll On, John, from Dylan's Tempest album, from a few ticks back, a listen.
George: "nah he wasn't an idol we just didn't listen to anything else, until Pet Sounds came out, then we went back to Dylan and then I did shows with Bob Dylan, I hear he's pretty good, I've heard some of his songs...he also introduced us to marijuana. And the telephone."
@@latitudeselongitudes1932 Yes Ringo is an extraordinary drummer. But being around and a part of arguably the GREATEST group ever assembled in music history, enables him to be regarded as a POET! When you virtually grew up with and live with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for years, their genius and mindset can only rub off on you. If you listen to some of Ringo's interviews, one can clearly hear and see that some of his phrases and wordings is that of a POET.
@@Chrissybimhotep Yes,I suppose you are right. I love him,cool,unpretentious,sweet man. Also struggled with alcohol for years and overcame it. Iconic drummer full of feel and precision,timing
I've been this fool for Ringo Starr, no particular reason, maybe he seems like someone who wouldn't bother to lie to anyone. I named the gray tabby cat I got for my 15th birthday "Ringo Starr" and my feelings for Ringo are so straight forward. My feelings for BD are more complicated. Naturally.
The second he said, "I though I'd got the meaning to life" I knew what drug he was on during that party, and what he said was on that paper confirmed it. I myself had a similar experience 4 years ago and my husband never lets me live it down lmao.
The Beatles career divides into 2 parts : Before Dylan (BD) and After Dylan (AD). BD, the trite mop tops from Livrrpool were all "She loves me, yeah yeah yeah" and "Love, love me do". AD, they understand that lyrics could be personal and poetry, complex and nuanced, about experiences imagined and real. Without Dylan the Beatles would not be remembered today except as a briefly flourishing early 1960s boy band.
There's truly something a bit off with our society.... The fact we always want to view everything as a competition with winners and losers is beyond me. It was surely beyond Bob and the Beatles.
Dylan pretty much single-handedly elevated the IQ of rock lyrics. I mean, it probably would have happened eventually, but he was the catalyst, I think.
@@Ghoopty - Dylan selling his soul to Satan is exactly what happened. Sorry to hurt your feelings but it's a common trait of ppl seduced away from reality.
The Beatles, especially Paul, always kept with the times and slightly ahead. While they had other American musicians as idols, Bob was the real deal in flesh and spirit with whom they could relate to at the same level of genius. Marijuana or no marijuana, Bob or no Bob, they would have discovered life on their own. One does not become the best by only meeting someone exceptional. It needs other ingredients of genius as well. Something was bound to happen eventually (no pun intended).
Dylan created an entirely new type of music - intellectual, poetic and political. And singing in a husky voice. Innovator. The Beatles didn’t innovates until later and there were four of them plus producers!
While Bob was a pioneer, the Beatles too had their own pioneering ways even early on. The concept of a songwriting-singers team, 3 exceptional singers who covered a vast vocal range, bringing the bass guitar to the front from the background, a high prominence to the drummer with a microphone, a more organized approach to the shows through a dedicated manager, a music arranger, stadium performances... As long as John was alive and Paul continues to be a work in progress. Their early innovations in these areas crystallized into their eventual sublime creativity.
Everyone talks about the idols and the Giants of rock : it's the Stones and the Beatles and Lennon and McCartney and Harrison and Jagger and Richards and who knows else but at the very core at the very base there's always going to be Dylan. No one has and no one ever will replace him
The Beatles didn't prolong their career thanks to Dylan. They were already fabulous before meeting Dylan. They kept on improving because they were amazing. Dylan also learn a thing or two with them.They shared their geniality.
They were immature before they met Dylan. Listen to what they say in the video. I think the Beatles are better placed than you to judge that aren’t they?
a movement is accomplished in six stages and the seventh brings return the seven is the number of the young light it forms when darkness is increased by one change returns success going and coming without error action brings good fortune sunset
...the seventh brings return... why do I feel a Hawkwind? moment coming on? Where is this quote originally from, and what LP or LP cover does it feature on? Certainly sounds unfathomably Buddhist to me.
*John:* "He's my idol"
*Paul:* "He's my idol"
*Ringo:* "He's my idol"
*George:* "No"
*Also George:* "Bob is a member of my supergroup"
that makes him not an idol, working with someone puts you on the same level
John didn't say that Dylan was his 'idol'. He merely dug his music. Later on he took the piss out of Bob, with 'Serve Yourself'. But, I don't think it was malicious. Just John having a laugh.
Mooch, mooch, latah
It's because George was good friends with Bob. So it would sound super weird. They became big friends after 1967 or so when George started becoming his own songwriter and artist. He would visit Dylan, they made their own music, and eventually made a band together later on. So George was a lot closer to Bob as a human, than just this profound artist we all know
@@Official_KC HaHaHa, I don't expect George has any earthly idols.
One joint by Bob Dylan and the Beatles changed the world of music forever.
That and the dentist giving them LSD
Bob Dylan also gave Brian Epstein some cannabis too, he was also with the boys at the time. While John, Paul, George, and Ringo were rolling around laughing, Brian was sitting on the bed trying to be graceful with a tiny bit of a joint and he was pointing to himself, saying: "Jew! Jew!"
@@lisettegarcia7013 Jewish
@@mattiassvanberg8292 Brian did say 'Jew!' when he was high on cannabis. I know he was Jewish, but he did say that. If you watch The Brian Epstein Story documentary, Paul McCartney was explaining the time when he, John, Ringo, George, and Brian met Bob Dylan and how Brian was like when he took the joint.
@@lisettegarcia7013 Never knew that. Cool story
"our idol" "well not an idol"
DJ Bisogno and he went on to describe how he WAS an idol
It’s called 4 people having different opinions about themselves as a group.
George is a religious person, so the word 'idol' has a negative connotation to him. In his perspective it's actually an insult to call someone an 'idol.' Of course, how he describes Dylan would be the definition of the word 'idol' for many people.
Who's Bob?
@@kamuelalee Bob Dylan.
Funny how the one that didn't consider him an "idol", is the one that recorded a lot of covers of him, and even had a band with him.
Because it's weird to idolise your friend
because George had realized the trap that idols create for themselves and the trap of being the adorer.
George hated the idol tag
That's not idolisation, on the contrary they were friends
I think that's natural - You cover a lot of his work, and you work with him, and eventually you don't idolize him but rather you come to know him, warts and all.
This is why George is the best Beatle ''Well not an idol'' brilliant.
Yet he literally stalked him
@@lennonladroma593 no george is way better
Yah for sure George is the coolest and, hence, the most similar to Dylan. High bar amongst the 5 of them. Bob and George seemed to know it themselves and hung out quite a bit. Nature is gonna do that.
@@lennonladroma593 first dylan...than nothing
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Lennon McCartney are nice
I think he is high
Paul: "He was our idol."
Ringo: "Bob was our hero."
George: "N--Not an idol, we just heard his record, as I said."
good shit
well, george played with bob so probably knew him better. bit awkward to idolise a mate
Bob, yeah I guess he's pretty good, I was in a band with him y'know
TheNightOwlsSquadron George Harrison said they played Bob's record over and over again. Highest compliment.
well George was the one who stalked Bob Dylan and hid in bushes to take photos, even scaring Bob a bit. Paul and Ringo never did that, so I think George is just playing it cool here ;)
Words like "idol" and "hero" had a different meaning to George.
To George those words would have a religious meaning.
To Paul and Ringo it would simply mean : "like" - "enjoy" - "a forerunner" etc.
“I mean I’m in awe of McCartney. He’s about the only one that I am in awe of. But I’m in awe of him. He can do it all and he’s never let up, you know. He’s got the gift for melody, he’s got the rhythm. He can play any instrument. He can scream and shout as good as anybody and he can sing the ballad as good as anybody, you know so… And his melodies are, you know, effortless. That’s what you have to be in awe… I’m in awe of him maybe just because he’s just so damn effortless. I mean I just wish he’d quit, you know. [laughs] Just everything and anything that comes out of his mouth is just framed in a melody, you know …”
- Bob Dylan
I loved hearing Bob talk about Paul like that. And the funny contrast between him talking about John. "Oh I always like to see John. He's a wonderful fellow. And uhh.. I always like to see him." lol
awe
Paul's story is so freaking funny!
Hahaha
Had me cracking up. Sounds like all the acid stories
It is but didn’t you think…how come he didn’t find a pen and paper, write it down, and put it in his pocket? Doesn’t it seem weird to make the other guy do all that?
@@shader26 He was stoned for the first time, that pretty much explains his story.
@@shader26 you try being stoned with Bob Dylan never having trying weed before in the 60s.
Ringo: "The night we met Dylan.....was the first time I ever smoked marijuana....and I laughed and I laughed and I laughed.".....
it must feel good to turn someone's life around like that!
You left out "It was fabulous!"
Bob Dylan introduces Ringo to marijuana, makes Ringo happy.
Yoko Ono introduces John to heroin, makes John miserable.
Also, Bob Dylan has sold more albums than Yoko.
Then Ringo sniffs a coke user's sniff.
Because of that or that was one reason he became a drug attic, almost killed his wife, most of the time he never remembered where he was or what he did. And everyone forgets this part, everyone at the end has to pay for their sins & it doesn’t matter that people don’t believe that, it still remains a fact. Everyone that has passed on before, if they could would exchange places with anyone that’s still living. About Bob D. Like everyone else you have to be in the mood to listen to him or the Beatles or any other Singer or group. That’s what Trump said. He also said I’ll be back. Don’t forget what you forgot.
@@flamingooneleg77 A drug attic? How does a person become the top level of a house?
Saying the Beatles wrote great melodies with corny lyrics is the same as claiming Dylan writes great poetry but can't sing. Missing the point. Dylan said recently that Paul McCartney is one surviving artist he admires above almost anyone else. They're both geniuses.
+zodiacbluesbaby People say that because they hear the stuff from before rubber soul and just think that it was all the beatles was. Lots of stupid people!
+zodiacbluesbaby Agree, but McCartney is strictly a musical genius, his ability to come up with great melodies is incredible. But his lyrics are, mostly, rubbish. Dylan wrote some good tunes too, but his real contribution was opening up everyone's minds to the fact that pop music could say more than, "I love ya, baby", much, much more.
Monty Rosenthal Yes, good tunes and lyrics. The revelation that came out of Dylan's autobiography was that he considers himself a musician first (pointing out that there are instrumental albums of his songs). This puts all the 'poet/ philosopher/ spokesman for a generation' stuff in context.
+zodiacbluesbaby I know many people are unable to get over the "can't sing" thing, but that particular criticism never crossed my mind. I love 60s/70s Dylan all the more because of his vocal performances. Blood on the Tracks has some of the most effective "singing" and phrasing I've heard from anyone. He could really make you feel so intensely with his voice. If that's not singing, fine. But I wouldn't want it any other way.
Jeremiah Peppercorn That's right - in his heyday Dylan was a fantastic vocal performer. From 'Only a Pawn in their Game' to 'Mr Tambourine Man' to 'Hurricane' - awesome! And in the '60's and early '70's he could sing really well live too. Lost that vocal ability later, though.
lol "and i laughed and i laughed and i laughed... It was fabulous..." next question?
Something about The Beatles voices are just so wonderful
What, you mean they're scousers?!
@@mikedenby6771 had to look that word up never knew cool
oh man imagine the beatles and dylan smoking pot back in the early 60s, what a glorious moment
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The trajectory of Rock music was forever altered in that moment
It was true. They had cannabis and Brian Epstein joined them as well. The Beatles and Bob Dylan had giggling fits, Brian was being sassful and pointing to his reflection saying he was Jewish.
@@lisettegarcia7013 i was gonna mention the C1A agents lol
@@mikefelix6338 Dylan lyrics meet Beatles chords. Two tectonic plates smash. Musical earthquake.
Ringo: IDOL!
PAUL: IDOL!
George: Naaaaah not an idol.
But they would start a band and George would follow him around with a camera.😂😂😂
And George was the one who collaborated, not any of the other 3
@Sam Smith you're pissed
Because George was religious and most religions say it’s wrong to have an idol
@Sam Smith calm down snowflake
poetic musical magic.Bob Dylans songs are BEAUTIFUL
He changed the world.
"There are seven levels...(gulp)" ....ha ha What a nut.
i didnt get that bit kindly explained to me
Well there really are seven levels...
You've got six levels yet to go.
Simple: there is nothing to explain. He was so high from his first time smoking marijuana (he was having a bit of a psychoactive experience) that he had this supposed insight from a higher place and he just wrote down what was on his mind in his delirious state. "there are seven levels" he had no idea what he was talking about
@51MontyPython
There really ARE Seven Levels! The Universe really did speak with Paul.
#chills
#SevenLevelsOfTheConsciousness
1. Physical body
2. Mental Body
3. Emotional body
4. Psychological Body
5. Spiritual Body
6. Cosmic Body
7. Bliss/Divine Body
- - - Manita Bajaj
AND
"I passed through the *seven levels* of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel."
--- Buddy, The Elf.
For those who say Bob Dylan couldn't sing...Bowie said he had a voice like sand and glue. Can you imagine Dylan singing like Matt Monroe or Frank Sinatra? It just wouldn't be Dylan....get with the programme.
Have a listen to Bob singing Polka dots and moonbeams and get with the programme.
@ mick mc g I know this song. I have the cd. Yeah Bob can croon with the best of them when he wants to croon. His voice is probably shot after a million gigs and a million cigs so probably all he can do is croon.
you better get used to the idea of Dylan singing Sinatra, considering the content of his next album consists purely of Sinatra covers
Ed Sheeran can sing, but he ain't Bob Dylan.
Is what Bowie said supposed to be an insult
ringo star at the end you just got to laugh.
"There are seven levels". Considering The Beatles, counting from the day Ringo joined, lasted exactly seven years, it's curious at the very least. Their first photos together were taken on 22nd August 1962 at a Cavern rehearsal, their last photo session together was on 22nd August 1969 at John's Tittenhurst house. You won't find any picture of all the Beatles together before or after. Seven levels.
wow great catch
Paul once said that he never heard of the seven levels of boudhism before that night.
From a man who dreamed of yesterday and wrote a music about Elanor Rigby and Father McKenzie whose graves were just feet away from his first meeting with John Lennon, I'd say it's probably meaning something.
In any case, hilarious anecdote.
holy fuck that blew my mind
...and if he'd have said 9 or 6 you'd have found a way for those numbers to fit as well.
"...anything fits when you're tripping on some trip..." ~ John Lennon
@@comanchio1976 Or maybe considering these events as pure coincidences is very convenient to fit to your vision of reality. Cultural and educational background is a kind of trip too and I lived too many strange occurances in my life incompatible with any logical probability. There are events that are just not explainable by our conception of normality. One day we will and it will only be science then. In the end I only trust mathematics. Have a nice day.
NAHHH I'M SPOOKED OUT.
"And I laughed ... and I laughed ... and I laughed ... it was fabulous!" Ringo is a world treasure😂
Peace and Love! ✌️&💗
Why is Paul’s 7 level theory story so relatable
"There are seven levels" 😂😂
And we are now living in the fourth level.
@@tomrogerlilleby2890 what does that mean
The Beatles didn't change with the times they were the times.
Interesting that George Harrison and Bob Dylan are best friends
were
George covered Dylan's songs on numerous occasions.
and perhaps that's why George said like that lol
They were in a band together lol
YunTing W Do you make friends with many dead people?
Paul once said that he never heard of the seven levels of boudhism before that night.
From a man who dreamed of yesterday and wrote a music about Elanor Rigby and Father McKenzie whose graves were just feet away from his first meeting with John Lennon, I'd say it's probably meaning something.
In any case, hilarious anecdote and the way Paul delivers it is pure gold. The Beatles are probably the funniest band ever.
I dream of songs all the time, wake up and write them. Bob Dylan said he did the same. I'm pretty sure a lot of musicians do, I'm not sure why Paul got so much awe over it
@@somebody2love cause he didn’t come up with just any songs in his dreams..he’s Paul mf McCartney and he had some of the worlds bests songs in his dreams! You can’t tell me Yesterday ain’t a banger and don’t deserve all the hubbub, cause it does!
@@somebody2lovewhy don’t you upload them? Lol
@@xtian71796 I do, I put music on all streaming services. This is an alt account
@@somebody2love well what is it
in 1965 After listening to Subterranean Homesick Blues for the first time, John Lennon (25) was about to retire from music industry.
Yeah? When McCartney played Tomorrow Never Knows to him, Dylan had an attack of acute existential vertigo and involuntarily evacuated his bowels. He fled from the room and didn't go back to a recording studio for a year and a half. He simply couldn't compete with the advances The Beatles and The Beach Boys were making. TNK must have sounded like gods or perhaps demons from another dimension. McCartney was cruel to put him in his place, but Bob was so full of himself, and what was Paul supposed to do, shield him from it? The professional critics have placed Dylan above all others and we can only speculate why, because, post '66 his stuff was mostly MOR, easy listening junk. Give me a break. (Blood On The Tracks is great, though.)
TNK was John's composition. It was released on Revolver on 6 August 1966, a month after Dylan crashed his motorcycle in Woodstock and remained as a recluse for the next 18 months. He came back with John Wesley Harding which many critics (inc Christopher Ricks) describe as a brilliant album. But it was at odds with the psychedelic experimentation embodied in the Beatles work. In 1978 interview Dylan described his outlook in 1967: "I didn't know how to record the way other people were recording, and didn't want to. The Beatles had just released Sgt. Pepper, which I didn't like at all ... I thought that was a very indulgent album, though the songs on it were real good. I didn't think all that production was necessary, 'cause The Beatles had never done that before."
Mick Gold Yes, John wrote the words and melody but the whole group created the finished item you hear on Revolver. McCartney was especially involved, creating the distinctive tape loops which are the hallmark of that track, and so had every reason to be very proud of it. Paul played it to Bob in the latter's suite at the Savoy where he stayed during much of his time spent in the UK for his May '66 tour. Dylan's reaction on hearing it was to storm out of the room without uttering a word, according to Marianne Faithful, who was present. He had, after all, just had the world yanked out from under him. Tomorrow Never Knows changed the world in which he made his living and where he was regarded as a prince, unrecognisably, and one might easily speculate that it was a shattering experience for him that caused him to question everything about his role in contemporary art and music, and how he saw himself, his image and his talent.
The bike accident seems to have been a convenient excuse for ducking his touring and recording commitments, giving him time to regroup and rethink his strategies and, coincidentally, allowing time for the "production race" between The Beatles and The Beach Boys, in which neither Dylan nor the Stones could compete, to play itself out, after which everyone would resume making more modest, less fantastically ambitious records, like Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, Wild Honey, Jumping Jack, and yes, John Wesley Harding, about which opinion is divided, although mostly favourable. I'd say it's a good album, but there's one song which so overshadows the rest, it minimises the album as a whole. (And Jimi did it best!)
Tomorrow Never Knows is astounding still; one can only imagine the impact it must have had on those contemporaries whose ears were attuned. Cilla laughed. Brian created Good Vibrations and made an effort to Smile. Bobby flounced out of the room.
Mr.Sensitive It's true The Beatles + George Martin made so many great musical achievements, but so does Phil Spector and Brian Wilson .
what I wanted to say is nobody can write a song like Dylan.
and beside the profesional critics, there's John lennon, Jimi, Bowie, Springsteen, Neil young (i can go on and on) that worshipped Dylan. So give me a break your comment is invalid
Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat You're the invalid you ableist noncom.
Yes! There are SEVEN levels!
Ringo like a boss at the end "it was fabulous"
Why are they talking like he's dead
he's been dead since about 1989 . There's Paul/ Faul and Bob/Bob#2
Kilo Cam because they are talking about a time from 25 years ago and Bob isn’t in the room with them. Makes sense to me.
Ironically
DYLAN is GENIUS
George is the coolest beatle calling Bob "not an idol" with these sunglasses 😎
Love it! I have the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan CD in my car. Had no idea my love of that album put me in such good company.
It was a life changing album, it made me think far deeper about my life & go out there to live it. I thought Dylan was the messiah! I’ve calmed down since & my heroes have changed but Dylan made me listen to the words & start reading more poetry. Turned me on to people like Cohen eventually & still love all those words that seem to be missing from music now.
"I laughed, I laughed, and I laughed.. And it was fabulous." lol sick 😂🤣
Dylan has that driving force in his voice that he developed when banging out folk tunes in cafes as a total nobody.
Thank you very much for uploading this video and The Beatles Hats off once again at your legacy
Love that CBC studio footage of Dylan in the work camp.
Everyone loved Bob, hell, Bowie even wrote him a love song.
20th century art for me is Bob,The Beatles and Picasso
What was the song?
I remember being at my friend Greg's house somewhere around '72, and I laughed...and I laughed...and I laughed. His mom came in to say goodnight and I laughed...and I laughed...and I laughed. Man, I couldn't stop! She smiled at first, but when I just kept laughing she slammed the door and left. I kinda felt bad afterward. Greg wasn't too happy with me either by then. My other "laughing' memory was with Arnie Wickheiser in Rockaway, Oregon 1973. Found some old weed he'd forgotten about. Had a little mold on it and we wondered if it was still any good. Laughed til we were weak and our stomachs ached. Fun times! We were kids.
Did I just read a comment by someone proclaiming his "expert opinion" stated as fact? I think I did! Oh, yes...far better
You know you are the man when you influence THE BEATLES. 😳
So fun to hear this.
Ringo tells the real story as usual
The Beatles clearly prolonged their career because of Dylan. They don't want to write meaningless love songs, and they expanded by leaps and bounds.
How you stated it was a little harsh, but I do agree. Dylan DID show them there's more to the average pop song. It doesn't always have to be about girls.
That was a bit harsh, you fucking idiot.
@@Lonesomepoet I mean,
He was on the right track, though. If the Beatles never evolved, they'd just have been another forgotten boy band
Maybe their loves songs actually had meaning.
Of course, Dylan REALLY extended his career by aping the Beatles and getting a band together.
Awesome interviews!
thanks for the clip
The Beatles career came in two halves. Before Dylan there was the 'she loves you, yeah yeah yeah' teeny bop fluff. After Dylan, there was the decent stuff. Dylan changed what a pop song could be. What it could be about, how it could be structured and, especially, what it could say. The Beatles picked up on this. They learnt at the foot of a master. That master was Bob Dylan.
Dylan was average before he met The Beatles and started making pop songs
Also, name me a better pop song than She Loves You
That "teeny bop fluff" was still incredibly good work for its time. The hits from that era hold up today.
Anyone who says Dylan can’t sing, listen to masters of war, hard rain’s gonna fall, and tangled up in blue, and tell us who could sing those songs more effective and evocatively.
Love his voice,unique.
Always loved him. Blood on the tracks is my favourite!
_it was fabulous_
its sad that john isnt in this video :(
sarah al he kinda is at 0:32 :)
Sarah John and Bob had their ups and way downs together. Watch limo film for good example of that.
If he was alive he would be talking about how much better he was than Bob, not to mention the other Beatles. The guy could never admit he wasn't the center of the universe.
@@jeffs1546 That's bullshit. If you read some of his last interviews, John definitely does NOT, think that he's the 'center of the universe'. He was fairly modest, and had mellowed. It's a goddam shame that he was taken from us. Dylan said he missed John, and thought of him as his contemporary and felt bad, that they couldn't hang out as elder statesmen. Bummer. Give the song, Roll On, John, from Dylan's Tempest album, from a few ticks back, a listen.
Woody Guthrie was bobs hero without a doubt
Sharon Sheehy: yes, early on. After that bob expanded his musical horizons.
Hell. He's my idol as well.
Pot is indeed fabulous
***** give thanks
I laughed and I laughed and ....
Bob was frequently high on H
Ringo cracked me up. The best ad for pot.
I salute you for doing this sir.
there ARE 7 levels. BOOM
Funny too mostly because George probably was the biggest Dylan fan of three.
Im really frustrated when people say they hate Bob Dylan. Saying that his music is too simple to be appreciated.
Man I wish I was at that party!
George: "nah he wasn't an idol we just didn't listen to anything else, until Pet Sounds came out, then we went back to Dylan and then I did shows with Bob Dylan, I hear he's pretty good, I've heard some of his songs...he also introduced us to marijuana. And the telephone."
Bob Dylan was a catalyst from the Beatles transition from boys to gurus.
It was fabulous
So good!!
Great Historical moment's in Mankind: Fall of Rome, 1914, Bob Dylan introducing The Beatles to marijuana, the moon landing.
Everything changed for the better after Bob ! (including the Beatles)
“A crazy party” come on paul we all know that was the first time yall smoked weed go ahead and say it. Thanks for being straight up w us Ringo!
Paul sometimes came off a bit squeamish, when it came to mentioning drugs. Prolly, a result of his lsd acknowledgment, in the 60s. Ya know.
He once got arrested for growing weed and said a fan sent him seeds and some of them came up illegal.
Well summarised. Three poets talk about another poet with great applom.
Ringo is not a poet,legendary drummer still
@@latitudeselongitudes1932 Yes Ringo is an extraordinary drummer. But being around and a part of arguably the GREATEST group ever assembled in music history, enables him to be regarded as a POET!
When you virtually grew up with and live with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for years, their genius and mindset can only rub off on you.
If you listen to some of Ringo's interviews, one can clearly hear and see that some of his phrases and wordings is that of a POET.
@@Chrissybimhotep
Yes,I suppose you are right. I love him,cool,unpretentious,sweet man. Also struggled with alcohol for years and overcame it. Iconic drummer full of feel and precision,timing
In 200 years Bob before the Beatles will be remembered
I agree
I've also been very sure that there were 7 levels when I was blitzed out of my mind. Level 4 is lime green.
interesting how the 4th energy center (chakra) in our body is also green
But your mind only has three levels.
I like the Band.
Fantastic
i laughed and i laughed and i laughed. it was fabulous.
This is taken from the making of a hard day's night documentary for anyone who's interested.
+Luke Robinson Technically this is taken from The Beatles Anthology series :)
+Kaben My mistake! Thanks for the correction
Luke Robinson No worries, have a great 2016 my friend :)
Yellow Submarine, actually. They cut this scene, cos the animation wasn't quite right.
Could you imagine being the Beatles idol and influence
"i thought i got the meaning to life". beautiful
I've been this fool for Ringo Starr, no particular reason, maybe he seems like someone who wouldn't bother to lie to anyone. I named the gray tabby cat I got for my 15th birthday "Ringo Starr" and my feelings for Ringo are so straight forward. My feelings for BD are more complicated. Naturally.
Ringo really believes in peace and love and puts that into practice. It's admirable.
The second he said, "I though I'd got the meaning to life" I knew what drug he was on during that party, and what he said was on that paper confirmed it. I myself had a similar experience 4 years ago and my husband never lets me live it down lmao.
My friend had what he thought was a meaning to life experience. He wrote "control the water, control the earth". We teased him about that for years.
Mine was: "In the future, everyone will look like me."
Some day in the 60's Dylan and The Beatles were in one room...
amazing great ppl...
What could we say about today... mmmm... mmm... 🤔🤔
The Beatles career divides into 2 parts : Before Dylan (BD) and After Dylan (AD).
BD, the trite mop tops from Livrrpool were all "She loves me, yeah yeah yeah" and "Love, love me do".
AD, they understand that lyrics could be personal and poetry, complex and nuanced, about experiences imagined and real.
Without Dylan the Beatles would not be remembered today except as a briefly flourishing early 1960s boy band.
Bob Dylan....talk about a class act!!! He writes his own lyrics, plus plays acoustic guitar~
THAT MANS LYRICS ARE AND ALWAYS BE TOP NOTCH IN MY MIND!
Crazy, good!
I FUCKING LOVE BOB DYLAN!!!!!!!!!!!
There's truly something a bit off with our society....
The fact we always want to view everything as a competition with winners and losers is beyond me. It was surely beyond Bob and the Beatles.
A lot people said that Bob Dylan can't sing he has done it for last 60 years that must tell you something
Tells me I aught to smoke more cigarettes and drink more black coffee. lol.
Bob doesn’t sing he interprets
Happy birthday bob!
First time I got high, I laughed and laughed and laughed too. It was great.
Dylan pretty much single-handedly elevated the IQ of rock lyrics. I mean, it probably would have happened eventually, but he was the catalyst, I think.
Rock n roll is slang for fornication. Such degeneracy hardly requires elevated IQ.
Well, regardless, Professor Rock And Roll, that’s exactly what happened…
@@garethwest9069 Which you have never had.
@@Ghoopty - Dylan selling his soul to Satan is exactly what happened. Sorry to hurt your feelings but it's a common trait of ppl seduced away from reality.
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The Beatles, especially Paul, always kept with the times and slightly ahead. While they had other American musicians as idols, Bob was the real deal in flesh and spirit with whom they could relate to at the same level of genius. Marijuana or no marijuana, Bob or no Bob, they would have discovered life on their own. One does not become the best by only meeting someone exceptional. It needs other ingredients of genius as well. Something was bound to happen eventually (no pun intended).
Dylan created an entirely new type of music - intellectual, poetic and political. And singing in a husky voice. Innovator. The Beatles didn’t innovates until later and there were four of them plus producers!
While Bob was a pioneer, the Beatles too had their own pioneering ways even early on. The concept of a songwriting-singers team, 3 exceptional singers who covered a vast vocal range, bringing the bass guitar to the front from the background, a high prominence to the drummer with a microphone, a more organized approach to the shows through a dedicated manager, a music arranger, stadium performances...
As long as John was alive and Paul continues to be a work in progress. Their early innovations in these areas crystallized into their eventual sublime creativity.
Best comment ever...👏👏👏
That comment seriously made my day hahaha
"...and i laughed and i laughed and i laughed, it was fabulous"
Everyone talks about the idols and the Giants of rock : it's the Stones and the Beatles and Lennon and McCartney and Harrison and Jagger and Richards and who knows else but at the very core at the very base there's always going to be Dylan. No one has and no one ever will replace him
"there are seven levels... *gulp*" LOL
The hard rain's a-fallin' now, baby
People fighting over who is better < Listening to both for different reasons
"you've got to hide your love away' Lennon does a Dylan.
Paul is such a lovable dope
Who smoked a lot of dope.
Paul is the opposite of a stupid person
Paul's mention of Seven Levels is what he heard from Maharishi.
This is why there is Bob Dylan and The Beatles.
And then there is everyone else.
The Beatles didn't prolong their career thanks to Dylan. They were already fabulous before meeting Dylan. They kept on improving because they were amazing. Dylan also learn a thing or two with them.They shared their geniality.
They were immature before they met Dylan. Listen to what they say in the video. I think the Beatles are better placed than you to judge that aren’t they?
Beatles would've ended like the Dave Clark Five if they hadn't heard Dylan.
I would say Bob influenced them more than the opposite
a movement is accomplished in six stages and the seventh brings return the seven is the number of the young light it forms when darkness is increased by one change returns success going and coming without error action brings good fortune sunset
...the seventh brings return... why do I feel a Hawkwind? moment coming on? Where is this quote originally from, and what LP or LP cover does it feature on? Certainly sounds unfathomably Buddhist to me.
Pink Floyd - Chapter 24
sunrise
There are 7 tones in a diatonic musical scale.
I'll have what this guy's having
Bob Dylan in the GOAT
George...'he wasn't our idol but we played his records over and over again '.
We need more artist like this in 2012
We still need more artists like this in 2021