ALMOST A MASTERPIECE: Watching Rainbows Pt. 2
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2022
- The chords and tempo of "Watching Rainbows" are identical to "I've Got a Feeling" but what resonates most is John Lennon's improvised lyrics reminding us to seize the day if we want change in our lives. It is an inspired, unfinished idea that for any other artist, would have been the starting point for something special and for the Beatles, could have been a masterpiece.
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The Beatles were something that only happened once. I'm just happy that it happened in my lifetime.
I agree I met them in Paris in 1963 and saw their show in early 64 Paris Olympia now I still listen to their records
1964 - 1969 was a period of unprecented cultural, sociological, political and artistic change. It was a brief era that packed generations of change into just 6 years. And those 6 years coincided with the arrival and eventual demise of The Beatles. They set off a revolution and proceeded to be the main driver of that revolt for those 6 years. No musical entity in human history was so powerfully influential. All future historians who dive into the elements of that wild period in Western history will start with The Beatles. That's why its pointless to compare them to other bands. Those other bands were music acts. The Beatles were a revolution.
Became a Songwriter because, of the Beatles.. Heard a clip of Harrison talking about John, and Paul writing songs. He decided if, they could do it, then anyone could!!! To a brand new musician of 16, I absolutely believed him!! No hits but, I love Songwriting at age 70... Have sold a little less than a thousand copies... For me, that is golden!!
Love this.
Do you have anything out online? I'd love to get it a listen!
My Mom passed away long time ago. She had cancer. For sure my Mom would love this song. She's probably been hanging out with John Lennon up there, and sang this song. I would try not to cry while listening to this song and I am smoking weed to help me.
It's like hearing a new Beatles track for the first time in 30 years and it elicits pure joy. Thank you
Exactly! Thanks for watching!
Ditto!
John Lennon said it himself that what the Beatles did should turn other people on to be creative themselves. I think there are a lot of dynamics to maintaining one's creative side as you age, but a record contract or book deal is not necessarily one of them...! I think you guys have got it right, we're all just adding to the great works of humanity whether writing a song, designing a dovetail joint or deciphering a dead sea scroll and the Beatles' collected works is a great jumping off point, whether redesigning one of their album covers or striving to attain that heady state in which their creativity was fostered!
McCartney must have tuned in to this - only 2 months ago? ua-cam.com/video/g4UsXksoGNg/v-deo.html
Check out blank pages by Frank James and peacock alley by Damion angel 2 really fine albums
So we'll said man ,deeply thought through.
Yeah I like Adam Neely's idea of a citation system instead of music copyright. It would make things fairer and share the love around.
John was right.
Mick asked them how to write songs. Beatles tutored him and gave him a song to record. Turned Mick onto being VERY creative himself.
Stones turned on others and the beat goes on. John knew he was a link in a long evolving chain.
Man, you won't believe this... While I was hearing this song a hummingbird appeared at my home. And I've never seen one of them in my whole life around here. Christmas + Beatles magic, I guess. I love your channel.
Oh wow!
There’s like a pleading kind of quality to Lennon’s delivery, in most of his songs, that I love
That’s what John’s singing always does. It tears at your heartstrings!
That is a very astute comment. Thanks.
Lennon's voice just has a way of getting into your soul that one does not see in many singers...
This recreation, interpretation of Watching Rainbow is so joyful to be listened! I am awed and impressed by how you guys could pull the unfinished song by taking it from bits of unfinished lyrics and jams and it's so amazing, you know! Also, You guys even add the additional track which make the number is very Beatlesque. It does make my day, I love it! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
It’s so beautiful to watch a masterpiece ripple from 1969 to 2022.
Great work.
It would be interesting to see Paul’s reaction to this video.
@PaulMcCartney I’m a big fan of chocolate cupcakes and @beatles
He would charge a couple millions for that
Yes what is Paul’s reaction to this?
@@terryworth7 don't let him know. He will probably sue for copyright
That would be cool
Watching Rainbows is a masterpiece, fantastic, Beatles are number one, The Best in the World, John is a genius, what could have been, Forever
Please put this song onto a dvd or cd that we can play every day.Its magical just like the rooftop concert.Unbeatable.
Please speak to Sir Paul and release this song with the one that another band plays.
There are still millions of Beatle fans there and in a world where good songs are hard to come by this one is really a rainbow and
I think they should just leave it as it is it's a masterpiece in it's own way , just being buried in a soundtrack .. sure McCartney did I've got a feeling with the same chord but Lennon used that cord on Let it be I dig a pony... It's definitely universal!
Should
They were working up a song. They came to a Y and it became I’ve Got A Feeling. You guys have backed up to the Y and took us down the other direction. Good job! I’m putting it in the Beatles library along side Free As a Bird and Real Love.
Excellent! Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching.
It can overlay I've Got a Feeling in terms of tempo and meter, but it is distinctly not I've Got a Feeling. It almost feels like the anti "I've got a feeling."
@@marcdb9974 or possibly a twin sibling.
Sisters from another mother
And by "Y", he means Yoko.
Wow. That was incredible. The sheer creativity involved in piecing those snippets of songs into something that shames the majority of modern artistes blows my tiny mind. I love the counterpoint vocals towards the end of the song, it's very much in keeping with the way the Fabs worked in their latter days and works tremendously well. Thank you for (re) creating this. Bravo!
Thanks for your insight! A treat to read.
I couldn't agree more. It's been a week since I first heard this gem reconstructed. It would perfectly have been one of their finest works.
@@ChatNoir-8867 Thank you. That is so nice of you to say.
Sounds like what eventually became, ‘I’ve Got a Feeling’, my all time favorite Beatles song
I was about to say the same thing.
That's exactly what it is.
Watching Rainbows is an early version of "I've Got A Feeling" but IMO the way these guys
A channel called "John Winston Lennon" used AI to put the Beatles' voices on this and it's perfect. Better than "I've Got A Feeling" even.
It is so cool that you share your mental experiment using Beatles musical tapestry to create an alternate universe experience out of this. Thank you from all of this who only can wish we were as able to do the same and for enrichening our dreams!
Great job! Could 100% see the lads passing this off to Badfinger. Would have been a hit!
Yep! I totally heard Badfinger in this brilliant version.
Man I so wish that had happened!
Awesome job ! This gave me chills and brought me back to the days of waiting with baited breath for their next masterpiece ! This abdolutley does that for me ! A BIG THANKYOU !
Aw, thanks! Have u subscribed yet?
Awesome. As someone with grandsons that are the same age as the Beatles were when fame hit them; I feel sad for them. They were so young to have so many expectations put upon them. And to have access to every negative thing in life. They had such incredible talent and such fun characters that it was easy for us as fans to essentially suck them dry.
Bravo! Well done!!!!!! Long live the Beatles
This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you.
When I picked up the Black Album years ago. Watching Rainbows blew me away. I always thought this could of been polished up and released. I have combed thru all the AB Road tapes and tons of Get Back bootlegs and found so many hidden nuggets buried in these tapes. A treasure trove man. Take the time to listen to these.
Keep it going.. The Legacy is kept alive by your passion.. love watching these videos... this is awesome
We're in this love together, Mark!
@@almostbeatlessongs absolutely..you, me and all that appreciate The Beatles and what you share with us based on Love ❤️
This is amazing. Stands on it own.
I say YES! ... as long as people know where the seed, the words, the melodies originated. Beautiful!
Awesome job, finishing this song!! It is so easy to dismiss an outtake or early demo, because of it's simplicity or bareness. But, you took this raw demo, which I had heard many times over the years, and really breathed life into it, giving it a whole new dimension. You have an amazing knack for showing your viewers/listeners what could have been.
Thank you so much!
Love it!
You guys have got it , the Beatles inspired and continue to inspire us all…
This song is a great testament to all the love the Beatles , their music and their creative approach is all about.
It sounds beautiful, and very Beatles and also very you
Well done
Wow. Thank you!
Amazing just wonderful… very much injoyed that xxx
That's absolutly beautiful. I'm sure John would've loved this one. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!
Fantastic job putting this song together. So great to hear this beautiful, joyful music.😊🎶
Glad you enjoyed it
I love this channel .... made my year when discovering this channel. Thank you sooo much for making it
The John Lennon album track I didn't know I needed today. Bless you for this great gift
Thanks, Nate!
It's fantastic. Thank you for the effort. I for one...appreciate it. 👍☀️👍(I bet even...Paul and Ringo like it).
If this had been on Anthology we all would’ve SHIT‼️ A beautiful reimagining 👍
The Beatles, the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks for the priceless gift of a new Beatles song.
Thanks, Gary. Appreciate the kind words.
That was incredible
Love the song.
Great job! Feels like a Beatles song!
This is sheer genius, how you've stiched a number of disparate bits of material into a new garment. You've elevated Watching Rainbows way above being a few off the cuff lyrics sung over I've Got a Feeling, into it's own thing altogether. Love it!
Thanks! Here’s the Beatles’ versions used for our medley of 'Watching Rainbows.'
ua-cam.com/video/vgAnvRv0xEc/v-deo.html
From the beginning, I was hearing the main melody as a variant of I got a Feeling, blended in with pieces of the melody to Something. In-between the verses where there is an obvious interim where you expect Paul or John or both to sing " OH YEAH"....but they don't. Its kind of a tension that never happens. Then there is a submelody that gets interjected that is a piano melody that slowly plays a line that sounds like a part of The Long and Winding Road and morphs into the end part of Let It Be. Meanwhile you still have the main melody of I got a Feeling still ever-present but subtle. Then it sort of abandons all of the above melodies for the NEW melody that is " Watching Rainbows" . This part of the song could've easily stood on its own without the homage to the above mentioned melodies. The voal effects on John's voice are something that was never used on his voice before. It is something of a wide chorus effect and an echo. What is unique with this effect is that the echo is NOTHING like what's used in Come Together, Sttawberry Fields, Ballad of John/ Yoko. I wish they'd discovered this beautiful vocal effect for use on John's voice for other songs. It would have been great if they used it on A Day in the Life for example instead of the echo/ reverb being predominant in the foreground vocals of a Day in the Life. From what the engineers state they pieced together, could've been a great song had the Beatles completed it. Its sort of like Schubert's Unfinished Symphony being completed by another composer using original works interweaved with Schubert's previous works. This song had so much potential for a John Lennon tune reminiscent of Lucy in the Sky psychedelia, BUT COMING DOWN off the LSD ride! This is just my thoughts and opinion on this potential masterpiece that was never realized.
@@gvgv3515 I can't hear any effectsat all on the Lennon vocals - it sounds completely dry to me, just coming through the Twickenham PA.
@@davecostello560 I'm watching the you tube video of the song with the two gentlemen who discuss the 150+ hours of recordings they had to go through to get a viable song assembled from various out takes. As the video progresses the verse leading into the chorus has the vocal effects which I can only say is similar to those used for the song Rain. Less flanger effect but more chorus. I will have to rewatch the video and see what the time code is and where you hear the vocal effect. I definitely hear it on my phone as I watch the video, it is not dry at all. I will get back to you.
@@gvgv3515 ah ok I think I get you - you're talking about their own recorded version of the different elements. This wasn't John Lennon singing, this was the two gentlemen recording their own version. Maybe that vocal had some studio effects on.
Great job ya'll ! Please keep 'em coming. Miss John and George so much...
Thank you! Will do!
I love it.
I am shocked that there are 'naysayers'. This proves that there are ' musicians' and then..there are 'music - loving musicians'.
To be diving into streams of consciousness is what it is all about.
Anyone that has played The Beatles already knows that shivery feeling.
And this is great , puts the focus on music's gift to all of us.
Loved it.Well done and thank you !
FINALLY! Just what I was waiting for, I fell in love with the little song snippet from the ending of part one so hearing the whole things is awesome!!
Luke - you're too kind. Have you subscribed yet?
@@almostbeatlessongs didn't know I wasn't subscribed, but now I am 😎
Thanks Luke! More goodies to come.
I tip my hat to you sir, its amazing what this team created! Great Talk and just as a hardcore Beatles Music fan i love the passion you have for all these lost clips. Keep it up.
They were amazing!!!!!!!!
You boys are doing the Lord's work. People have been covering and re-interpreting other people's songs forever. Why not cover and reinterpret unreleased songs and fragments, indeed. This is so fascinating. Well done.
Thanks, Jeffrey. Too kind.
Honestly that’s an awesome idea! I’d love to see more people tackle the lesser known aspects of the Beatles history? I wonder if a similar thing could be done for Lennon’s unfinished solo songs
Your track is beautiful and definitely captures the Beatles’ vibe. Thanks for that.
Thanks Marz!
That was lovely
Great job patchng together these lovely Beatle bits into a full song. Dig the creative vibe.
Many thanks!
The quality as a group was super greater than themselves individually.
Thank you. Really nice exploration of unfinished bits and elements from the Nagra reels. I really like how you've got a whole lot of talented musicians working on this. The love comes through.
Thanks! Here’s the Beatles’ versions used for our medley of 'Watching Rainbows.'
ua-cam.com/video/vgAnvRv0xEc/v-deo.html
It’s like finding a present 2 days after Christmas. Nice job.
To say I'm impressed is an understatement! Just beautiful.
Thank you!
Jeff Slate of the group The Badge wrote his version of Watching Rainbows on the Digital Retro album. It's very good. I really like what you've put together. I've always thought this was on.of John's best unfinished tracks.
Just heard The Badge version and it sucks sorry
I love this song!
I love hearing you play in the sandbox, making your own creative rainbows - it's beautiful. But by God this channel makes me miss the Beatles! *sob* Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this incredible exploration of musical genius as it happened. It's like unraveling the Big Bang!
Aw, thanks Rox!
Love It another hit put to rest Fab 4 for Life yea yea yah God Bless our Lads
This is brilliant and beautiful. A time warp. Feeling like an alternative dimension thing it is that freaky . The Beatles track that never was but is . I love it. I can imagine them coming up with it all themselves that’s the freaky thing about it mainly because it’s of their making anyway ( in essence ) . Well done. Excellence actually!! As said, I love it.
I ask this in the nicest and most sincere way possible...
PUT THIS ON SPOTIFY
Thank you so much. Because of publishing issues, this will likely turn up as a mixtape or something other than Spotify. In a way, it makes it kinda cool, right? Like an old b-side.
As a 16 year old, i watched John, Paul, George and Pete in the lunchtime sessions in the Cavern.
Now at the young age of 79, I still get goosebumps hearing them. But to hear stuff like this is fantastic.
Keep up the great work guys, i love it.
WOW! Thanks for watching.
You’re a legend too
Why weren't there more songs recorded at the Cavern Club.?
@Garry-vd1dg because they weren't well known outside Liverpool at time. They were recorded for a Granada TV show in 1962 and I can't remember the name off hand. Only then was there name getting about. Unfortunately the Cavern wasn't big enough for the massively TV cameras back in the day, lol....if there were then I'm sure there would have been a lot more.
@@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick There's also the Cavern rehearsal recordingua-cam.com/video/HDPzkPYd8F8/v-deo.html
I love the finished song. Perfect.
Brilliant!
I LOVE THIS PROJECT!
You are very open and honest and show all your sources, what is from The Beatles and what is from yourselves in these videos. You are not trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes and different interpretations and bootlegs are one search away on UA-cam.
There are so many people pumping hate into the world and it bothers me that people are being negative about something done with such positivity and love.
Those naysayers are probably offering nothing positive or creative and the fact that they might put you off is such an indictment of the world right now.
Please keep going.
Thanks! Can’t stop, won’t stop!
Can’t believe what I just heard, brought a tear to my eye, just the same as when we lost Lennon.
Thanks, Jonny. So nice of you to say.
Sounds really good, no negatives as far I experience no need for apologies - if someone doesn't like it click on leave.
We have had our fill of snobs and know it alls, just enjoy life and breathe while you still can. The world is changing!
As a lifelong Beatlemaniac, this is stella work! Well done guys, keep it up
Thanks, ADS!
Wow, this is superb. What beautiful musicianship. Well crafted. It really does sound like The Beatles. Thanks.
Thanks for listening
So who's doing the vocals and playing on this? Is it taken from Beatles recordings or other artist performing a concept of what the song would sound like?
@@lex1633 these folks are the culprits: open.spotify.com/album/4R7K9jwCmH60M4WpdzjMCk?si=8d7359902d5f4187
I’m not counting but, think I’ve watched this video and rewatched now 5 more times. I so enjoy your gentle touch in paying homage to ‘our’ Beatles.
Colleen, yer the best. Thank you.
Very nice. I always thought it would be more a rough song in stead of a polished one. But I do like this version very much. Good job.
What a wonderful work! Thank you for uploading this video. I loved how you put it all to work together and it is really sweet sounding and clearly done with so much love and respect. Love it❤
Thank you so much! Glad u enjoyed it.
@@almostbeatlessongs its beautiful. I just keep listening to it since the moment I found it❤
@@corinasucre aw, thank you. We'll be posting exclusive content this week for subscribers (hint hint).🌈
Brilliant!!
Impressive what you did here. True to Beatles' sound of that time. Well polished.
I enjoy what you guys are doing. Keep at it.
Much appreciated!
Well done! It's a mini-side-2 of Abbey Road - it's incredible how many ideas these guys had, and this was just in the span of a month where they filmed it all and managed to get an album, a concert, a movie and a TV series 50 years later while having enough material for another later album (Abbey Road) and MANY songs for their respective solo albums... still blows my mind.
u nailed it. thanks for watching.
@@almostbeatlessongs 👍
This is great ,love what you've done with The Beatles bits and pieces 👏
Thanks so much.
Amazing
WATCHING RAINBOWS SOUNDS LIKE AN ALTERNATE VOCAL OTHER THAN BY THE BEATLES THEMSELVES.
Really sounds like I’ve got a feeling
Yeah its like an alternate universe version.
Very true
Isn't it I've Got A Feeling? Or rather John looking for words for his part of it? I mean it sure seems exactly like it and they were coming up with that song during these sessions. As far as I can tell, this is them in the middle of writing that song.
There isn't enough space here to tell you how much I love what you do. You've extracted hidden bits of their genius and through your own talents have synthesized it into a few collections of wonderful music.
Wow. Thank you!
Absolutely wonderful idea! Thank you SO much!
Glad you like it!
You guys have truly done an amazing recreation of the song! Excellent orchestration and vibes throughout the entire song. I love it and I do a few Beatles covers myself. Personally, I think John would love this version you have made. Great job! :)
Thank you very much. We’d love to hear your cover of an ‘almost beatles song!’
@@almostbeatlessongs I gotta feel the vibes to pull that off and to be honest I don't think anyones gonna do a better Job than you guys have done with yours. It really is beautiful and I think John would have loved it. Each time I listen to it I get goosebumps as you have really captured that warm Beatles feeling. All the best. :)
I got a "feeling" is the essence of this song .
Yeah yeah yeah I heard it too.
Love it! I really enjoy this😊
That was very well done! I would bet some collaboration with Paul and Ringo could produce enough hidden gems to produce a new album!!!
Love it, sounds like flaming lips
lips sound like it.. that is how time works
We'd LOVE to see the Lips cover "Rainbows."
It did become a masterpiece - I've Got A Feeling is one of their very greatest late era classics!
Not really, just a solid rock song.
Love this :-) thanks so much
Ok this is really REALLY cool!!!
This is really interesting !! Its like the Beatles are infinite and the people that love their music always find new ways to get something new ! The song at the end with the new arrangements sounds like Big Star I think...🤔
You have an excellent ear, sir. Thanks for watching!
Nothing wrong with this. Classical composers went back to complete Beethoven's last unfinished symphony (the 10th).
Oddly, parts of this reminds me a bit of Sublime's "What I Got" - especially their line "I can play the guitar like a mofo riot", Which is also a really good song. The best they ever wrote.
Que joya!! Cuántas sorpresas aún nos separan los Beatles después de desaparecer como grupo??? Que creatividad !! Todo es musical en sus cerebros!!!. Gracias por mostrarlo!
So good. Now I’m going to have this in my head for life.
Sorry not sorry. Thanks!
From the start of John’s clip it was clear this was I’ve Got A Feeling in unfinished form. This re-working was pleasant enough, but to my mind it is already a finished song and has been since 1969.
It's similar but it's a different song, a brother or sister song if you will. You can tell from some of the sections in this recreation..
I've Got a Feeling's main part was Paul's and John added the "Everybody had a Hard Year" part so maybe John felt that his song was inferior to Paul's and since they had this fixation to not record similar songs he abandoned it. I'm pretty certain that if someone found their home recordings there would be many abandoned "masterpieces" that sounded a little like Penny Lane or I am the Walrus...
Check out John Lennon's I Know, I know, he likes those chords. ua-cam.com/video/B0ADfz30LjY/v-deo.html
It was clear it was an improvisation with an original melody that bear no resemblance to "I've Got A Feeling" other than a chord structure that it share with thousands of other songs. You are tone deaf boomer.
I agree this sounds like a jam permutation of the same song. Lyrically there might be more Lennon in this version.
What a great cover and this is the first time I hear this song. One could just Imagine if Paul, George and Ringo would of done a full album with Free As A Bird, Real Love, Now and Then, and of course this tune. It would have been a great dedication album to the fans and The Beatles. I know without John there is no Beatles but they could of done a sort of tribute, but anyways great rendition to this unofficial masterpiece which could have or would of been a sure #1 as it sounded very much like a single for it’s time, a transition to the 70s kinda like Harrison’s All Things Must Pass.
Another cool one here to add to that list. A rocking version of Across the Universe by Mental Pictures ua-cam.com/video/cEozPQIzfV0/v-deo.html
Great observation 👍 !!
Magnifique !
Great!
Fantastic production on the song itself! Love the idea of this, thank you!
Also, the Jan 7th noodle seems like it later evolved into the ending phrase of Paul’s demo of ‘Goodbye’ for Mary Hopkin! (Maybe that’s a stretch…)
Hmmm. Yes, I can hear that. Could be true.
Fantastic
Great job
McCartney should call you up and the other estates and put this out and credit you
Wow, thank you! But they're the geniuses - we're just playing in the Beatles sandbox.
Love this song
Fantastic
That was a work of genius. I know you didn't write the music obviously 😂 but your interpretation of what could of been is spot on. Every Beatles fan should and must listen to this. Keep up the amazing work. I'm so so so glad to have found this channel and I will do my best to keep on sharing this with every fan I know
Thank you so much! Def more to come.
@@almostbeatlessongs this is great news indeed 😊👍