James Taylor Was In The Studio When The Beatles Recorded "The White Album"
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2020
- As a young musician freshly signed to Apple Records, the first non-Beatle to be so honored, James Taylor was in the studio for some of the recording sessions for "The White Album." Listen to Taylor share stories from this era in his new Audible audiobook memoir titled "Break Shot." #Colbert #Comedy #JamesTaylor
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As an Englishman I am immensely proud of The Beatles but America should be proud of James Taylor too. A great man and a fantastic musician! x
We ARE proud of him.
@@patricias5122 You bet!
I love how he sounds (just sounds) so off the cuff in his humility. No biggie, just happened to hear the first playback of Rocky Raccoon. No biggie, first non Beatle act on Apple, no problem. I remember watching his first ever televised performance on the Johnny Cash show and how nervous he was, then. Absolutely sweating bullets... Easy to understand, then, why his first day at Apple Studios might be shrouded in total fog. And yet: a total professional. A musician's musician. All the respect for James Taylor.
It's all crap of course! Here is the proof! ua-cam.com/video/S4JRx5POESM/v-deo.html And Trident Studios was not in Leicester Square, but in Soho. I should know, I have picked up master tapes from there back then, to take to the EMI record processing plant at Hayes!!
JAMES TAYLOR an American treasure.
Yes! Colbert, not so much!
@@jmsfabrication7821 Quite the "Fabrication" there, Jms. Colbert is a harbor of sanity in the Trump maelstrom.
David B we’re listening to James Taylor WTF does this have to do with Trump?
@@richardgreen9393 Inference, Richard. It's what adults do with communication. Someday you'll understand...
@@aliceshaw8265 When you have to translate from English to Russian, I can understand your viewpoint.
Paul McCartney played Bass on Carolina on my mind and George did backing vocals.
Wow, I did not know that. Awesome. I love that song.
Cool facts
I prefer the re recorded version in the 70s.
One of the only songwriters who can still make me cry with songs he wrote. And Paul.
👍✌👍
I'd be honored if some James Taylor fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal interpretations of NEVER DIE YOUNG and THE FROZEN MAN on my YT channel in tribute one the greatest American vocalist-songwriters of all time. Also did a version of McCartney's PENNY LANE. Live acoustic with no digital enhancements. Thanks and peace.
Paul Simon wrote some great songs, no doubt.
What the WHAT.
Give John Prine a listen...he'll make you laugh AND cry in the same song.
Man, this interview is one for the ages...
James’ timing, musical or comic, is on the mark. Stephen playing paduan to JT’s Jedi elder. Love, respect.
Beatles are always an important moment for everybody
James... a very talented, real and honest guy. How refreshing.
I played “You Can Close Your Eyes” for my dad’s memorial. It had always been a family favorite. Brings tears to my eye every time I hear it now, but it’s so good.
What a great humble bloke & artist. Played James' records to death. Love him.
Just a lovely gentle guy with a monumental talent.
It’s interesting to discover how George, presumably, was so inspired by James’ song “Something in the Way...” so as to use the sentiment and lyric for “Something.”
How does this not have over a thousand views yet? People are insane show this man the respect he deserves
He did perform, earlier this week lol :)
James Taylor is very famous but you must be a little big too young to recognise who he is.
Good grief...the show was just on Friday night. I’m sure people just might be doing other things on a Friday night no??😮
Well, it has over 35K views now. Hopefully that inspires you to live another day.
I have learned that I have to ask people if they know who someone is...for instance, Orson Bean was killed last night. I'm guessing a lot of people don't know Orson Bean; it made me sad because I remember him and I liked him....
But James Taylor should be as recognizable as, say, Willie Nelson or Bob Dylan: he's part of our soundtrack. He hasn't been hiding. He still performs in concerts and on TV. And he doesn't look like a different person than he did in 1968; he just looks older, with less hair.
@2:25: Stephen knows the frequency of a concert A.
He was made for this job, and we as the audience are stupendously lucky to have him.
As a musician myself, I appreciated that. 😻
@over opinionated A - 440Hz. The A above middle C.
@over opinionated: It's interesting that you mention that. Concert A has been set differently over time and geography. In a general sense, it's probably best thought of as a range.
@over opinionated The Vienna Philharmonic purportedly used to tune as high as A = 444.
I could listen to James Taylor talk about Pop/Rock, Beatles, Apples, The Culture of the 60's-70's all day. He is so articulate. I love how is a "typical Beatle fan", humble, grateful ... just brilliant to listen to.
Delightful Beatles story!
So impressed that Colbert knew 440 hz is an A.
Where?
@@leonardroemer7796 where is 440 Hz an A? In your ear. Where in the video? Around 2:35
@@pamagee2011 thanks!!
It's taught to literally any kid that takes a music class. I thought it was pretty common knowledge. It's how you tune
@@LeviBulger Which music class was that, exactly? I started taking music classes in the 5th grade, and was a music major through my sophomore year in college. I learned about frequencies later when I switched to engineering. How would knowing that 440 hz is an A help someone tune? My guitar tuner doesn’t tell me the frequency of a string, it just tells me if it is sharp or flat. When I played in an orchestra we never used electronic equipment to tune. We tuned to the first violin, who had a fork. Or we tuned to the piano when playing concertos. So which music class taught you relative frequencies, tempering, etc? None that I ever took
Him, together with Jim Croce and Don McLean, are just at the top for me as far as folk singer songwriters are concerned. I love these guys' music ❤️
Love how Stephen just let him talk. Perfect interviewing skills in this interview and I hope to see more of this!
It sucks that Stephen couldn't remember that Sweet Baby James didn't come out after the split right after James explained it to him.
Of all the nightly shows, with perhaps the exception of Graham Norton, Colbert has the best interview style. Always respectful, never fake, genuinely witty, and knowledgable about his guests and their works.
dave idmarx I wondered about that. I thought maybe he was asking if Sweet Baby James was recorded first but released second.
@NOYDB I wasn't even alive when the Beatles were around, but I know there music better than 99.999% of the population. Age alone has nothing to do with knowledge. Besides, Stephen's error had nothing to do about knowing about the music itself, but rather the fact that he didn't pay attention to what JT had said just a few minutes earlier.
@NOYDB No need to be a douche about it. I was merely pointing out the fact that Stephen asked a question that JT had answered only minutes ago. I wasn't being a dick about it so I don't quite understand the tone of your reply.
Grown up listening to him. He’s amazing live !!!!
I'd be honored if some fans of James Taylor's later compositions (late 80s & onward) would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal interpretations of NEVER DIE YOUNG and THE FROZEN MAN on my YT channel in tribute one the greatest American vocalist-songwriters of all time. Live acoustic performance with no digital enhancements. Thanks and peace.
Mr. James Taylor is Magical in Concert... Magical
Talented and nice guy then and now.
Sweet Baby James 💖🎶
James is such a genuinely nice guy! Thanks for all your wonderful music, sir!
He and Jim Croce can make me cry and yet I'll keep listening. Saw James in Denver years ago against a backdrop of a lightening storm rolling in from the front range. It was great.
This video needs to be declared a World Heritage Site.
Wow. This makes my day. I won't be able to resist that album.
There is still good in the world. Thank you, Mr. Taylor.
James got his due early and keeps on giving back. Always a pleasure to watch
Thank you,Mr. Taylor,for all the truly sweet,musical memories you've given us. Love your acoustic guitar work on Carol King's "So Far Away".
What a genuine artist. So humble of his awesomeness and impact. Love him 🤘❤️🇨🇦
Loved him then Love him now…what an artist.
Saw James many times in the sixties, early seventies. He, like a few of us, suffers from major depression. Great guide for me all these years and a very cool interview. Thank you Stephen and James, insight maxima.
What a legend.
🥀Amazing time well spent with listening to James Taylor on this Show Thank's for posting this video it's priceless to me🥀☝️🥀
Love you James! ❤
I spent years with my dad where we just put on James Taylor squibnocket and watched/listened to it beginning to end over and over and over. Truly an amazing artist.
What's not to like? I could listen to him tell stories about his life for days on end. Cheers!
I wish James a long healthy life!
✨Thank you soooo much for this bonus material/conversation with James Taylor ~ he’s a terrific man & musician✨
(wish we could have heard him perform...)
I love his cadence.
Jeff Lynne (ELO) was also a visitor to Abbey Road during the Beatles White Album sessions.. Lucky young men (at the time 😍)
He was a 16 year old and met the beatles in a fish and chip shop near abbey rd.
He told them how much he loved their music, so they invited him to sit in on the afternoons recordings, after eating their fish and chips, of course.
I believe it was "golden slumbers/carry that weight" that was being cut.
Yes, the only positive thing that happened last week was catching this incredible artist share this incredible interview on Stephen Colbert’s talk show! Please have him come back for more!
“She seemed to like it.” So much meaning in what is not said.
Yeah, although he was quick to point out at the beginning that it was a plutonic trip and “she was there for the company”
i don't know what taylor's like in real life, but every interview i've ever seen he seems so calm and kind of normal. has a load of beatles' stories.
You took the words right out of my mouth, and here you are at the top of the list!
I was 17 when I saw him in concert ,Memphis 1971. Tripping
Ahhhh, the good old days!
Thanks for the extra segment - great interview! I wish we could hear more from our golden age musicians - oh the stories they tell. Glad he's still playing because I'm still listening!
A living treasure.
James Taylor a national treasure….
I love you James T
James Taylor knows Cole Porter, Gershwin, Rodgers, and Hammerstein. A real musician loves his history.
James is the real deal, and has been the real deal for many years....
I'd love to hear James Taylor and Bob Newhart have a conversation.
Great idea!
Who could put a thumbs down on such a lovely interview?
Sharon Martinez there are evil people all around us. Sometimes they are right in front of us. They like to torture puppies and do thumbs down.
I like to think it is because some people are mentally ill and are trolls that take something from an interview with a legendary singer and musician and think he is a decrepit old man. That man has brought music and song for us all to enjoy, and I enjoy his music to this day.
@NOYDB hahaha James Taylor likely avoids social media like the plague that it is...
UA-cam trolls can't stand to see a video without downvotes. Goodness offends them.
Perhaps because they just didn’t like the video. It’s not much more complicated than that.
Great interview! I love Stephen and James together. JT is one of my all time favorite artists. Was lucky enough to meet him once.
Love this interview... he's so humble and still so great to listen to!
Losing his dad at 10 years old I feel like Stephen looks at James as a father figure, and gives him true respect something he doesn't always do with guests.
Name ONE guest he treated disrespectfully?
He’s been a subtle d!ck with Conan, probably insecurity
D J .....yes ,both gave each other space .its great to watch this
What a nice guy mr. Taylor is, genuine, honest, authentic, the way he is telling that story of meeting Paul McCartney and George Harisson, so vividly retelling his emotions, how he felt at the time..starting out as a singer/songwriter and how nervous he was.
James mentions he records his first song/album for Apple but at the “trident studio“… That’s the same studio that the band Queen 1st signed with in 1972. 👑
What a down to earth, talented man.
I'd want to hear JT cover "Mother Nature's Son".
I honestly thought that "holy host of others" pertained only to the Beatles, but Clapton was there for "My Guitar Gently Weeps".
Fire and Rain is one of the most beautiful songs that I've ever heard. Such a talented songwriter and musician and so self-effacing and humble.
Gracious and classy.
I have recently discovered American standards, especially Cole Porter, so I will be getting this album! Love James, "Fire and Rain" is my funeral song.
He ‘s such a total nice guy.
Any other artists memories would be boring.I treasure every second of this interview.
Mind-blowing. A fave album!
It makes sense now. He learned guitar to show tunes. I always thought he had a very lyrical style of playing. You can hear the words before they are even spoken.
Something in the Way She Moves is one of the most beautiful, romantic, songs ever.
I honestly never gave James Taylor much of a passing listen or saw his guitar playing skills for what they were (Amazing), until I had to learn that song for a wedding. I watched tons of clips of him and realized what I had been missing all these years (Same with Bruce Cockburn)
Same with "You Can Close Your Eyes", etc.
@@johnt7630 no. George Harrison's song that nicked that line is called "Something". The James Taylor song is actually called "Something In The Way She Moves".
@@MarkMikelVideos Thanks Mark - I had no idea of this.
@@johnt7630 my pleasure, my friend.
Anything James Taylor wrote is a American standard...I count myself lucky to have been in 9th grade in 69 and my grandparents gave me his first album on my birthday..his music became part of the soundtrack to my and most of americas life
I count myself lucky for music being recordable and I get to listen to him. He is one of the greats, no question.
You would have been a couple of years younger than my older cousin, and about six years older than me, but that cousin really turned me on to a lot of great music. I had just gotten a little AM radio for my birthday, and I don't recall what I was listening too, and he said, "Don't listen to that drivel, come hear some real music." And he played me the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Eric Clapton, and finally, James Taylor. There was also some Guess Who, and I think Carole King - just a bunch of great stuff.
That first Apple album James Taylor was the BEST
My children 12 and 8 love James Taylor and his beautiful music. They love sweet baby James, Carolina in my mind, and Mexico. 😍 raise em right
Love James......
A perfect example of how the questions an interviewer asks reveals as much or even more about the interviewer than the guest answering the questions. It's obvious that Colbert is a brilliant person whose interview style reminds me of a slightly looser and jokier Dick Cavett. What kind and brilliant guys. After watching how nervous he was, it's actually refreshing to see a famous person be so humble. I still remember my first memory of being cognizant of what "handsome" meant was seeing my mom's old copy of "James Taylor" in the garage as a teenager, lol.
Great interview with JT Learn things I never knew about him how cool is it that he was the first artist signed by Apple records very cool!!!!
Thanks for posting that!!
I saw James live yesterday and I've met his brother Livingston Taylor and both of them seem like absolute gentlemen, just by the way they interact with people.
James had a really difficult youth. As a fellow James with maybe somewhat similar problems - that's what endears me to him. His struggles are my own and I find strength in the fact that he's still here and still alive and well and thriving.
What a fabulous guy, and a true artist.
James Taylor is one of the best guitarists and song writers of our age.
Thanks for a great interview.
I love these stories maaan
I can't even imagine auditioning for Paul McCartney at the peak of his godliness. I can understand how he doesn't really remember it. The stress and excitement must have fried his memory cells.
..... yeah or all that heroin
@@Luciddreamer007 the curse of many music greats.
One of the few musicians who led a successful career for over fifty years. A survivor in many respects. Great Beatle connection!
Even tho I was still a twinkle in my dad’s eye...I had an awesome cousin who was (into the,”beatle-juice!) lol- he was a huge fan I was soaked in Beatle-music during the 70’s when I would visit. 👍thanks Eric! So, this is the coolest bits of info that I learned that..changed my life& many others also!
You know you’re a musician when you say ‘that’s an A’ when he says 440hz... 🙏
That is one of my favorite groups of his music..
Mr Taylor is so modest and quietly spoken. But is one of the best ever singers and songwriters.
James Taylor pretty much wrote the soundtrack of the first half of my life 👏👏👏👏
Stephen is rightfully smitten. My dad, who came of age in the 40s would have loved this new album.
What a great story. Wow!!! What stories will today's "musicians' tell in 50 years...
There aren't many Real Musicians ( "In This Day and Age" )
Some will still say, "I met Paul McCartney."
They already do. Mental illness seems to be the running theme.
Riveting tales about Taylor Swift
Always great live!
What james didn’t mention about the Beatles story: when the Beatles started Apple Corps, they took out a full page ad in major newspapers (I was living in Detroit at the time, and remember it well): a FULL page ad soliciting artists for their new record company. “SEND US YOUR TAPES, c/o Apple Corp,” that kind of thing (you can imaging the response they got-no pun intended). James saw it, and along with tens of thousands of other hopefuls, said, “Why not?” He sent a tape, somehow in the great pile, Peter Asher heard it, and THEN...the rest is history....
Here is the real story...ua-cam.com/video/k11bfUgPjiw/v-deo.html
Start at the video Ken linked at 7:21 ua-cam.com/video/k11bfUgPjiw/v-deo.html:
Taylor "called my friend Danny Kortchmar ..." who gave him Peter Asher's number.
@@JaniceLHz interesting; I heard Peter Asher tell a version of this; I got no horse in this race, but it contradicts what James has said in previous interviews….but thanks for posting…
James Taylor - the nicest most modest guy in the music biz.....great performer, though.....and songwriter.....
I'd be honored if some James Taylor & Colbert fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of NEVER DIE YOUNG and THE FROZEN MAN on my YT channel in tribute one the greatest American vocalist-songwriters of all time. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Modest...yes. Nice....not so much.
Tom, you have no idea what kind of person he is.
@@nancilynnpetroski6786 Forgive me not knowing much about the guy but why _"not so much"_ when described as _"nice"?_
I apologize for not giving credit to his amazing musical talent and career. I had just finished Carly Simons book and he was not nice to her in the end...for reasons no one still knows...including Carly.
Cracking interview 👍
Quality content. The room is completely hanging on his lips. So did I.
Solid American man. Just today read an interview in The Guardian newspaper with him...I wish him lots of joy in the future. Seems like an honest man during times when many people are dishonest. Love listen to him talking (and singing). Go for it James.
I didn't even know you guys recorded this until now! Thank UA-cam algorithm for doing your job...
That surprising "no" at 5:30, when you're pretty sure he's going to say yes.
"is there a beatle in the house?" funny how he doesn't remember the experience. makes sense, auditioning for the beatles in 1968... geez, no pressure dude.
Heroin is a hell of a drug 💉
Ral Ral every drug is a hell of drug when people use that hackneyed phrase
@@johnp515 and every pendant is an asshole! What? You the Literacy police now?
@@johnp515 please enlighten us on the exact etymology of the term
" hackneyed"!
@@patricksanders858 Old English , meaning having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
Great guy and performer, always like his stuff,grew up with it in high school
I believe Beatle George nicked the opening line of his greatest tune “Something” from James Taylor.
Tim: that is a fact, Harrison said it himself.
yt comments are usually superfund sites. but comments like yours - that offer new info - are the lovely part of it.
(chris page's comment - just above this - explaining how JT came to Asher's attention is another)
thank you for posting that. I didn't know it.
Texas Chainsaw Jesus Another good example are the opening notes to Instant Karma, which Lennon nicked from “Some Other Guy.” The Beatles were like cultural sponges. They took everything in around them and incorporated it into whatever they were doing at the time. George was told to change a few notes to MSL, but felt like screw it...if they want to sue me they can. George’s video accompanying “This Song”, which chronicles his experience being sued over the song, is a hilarious send up of the American judicial system featuring Ronnie Wood, Tom Scott and one of the Pythons.
@Texas Chainsaw Jesus ¨Yes it is¨ is simply is John´s attempt at rewriting ¨This Boy¨. Same chords, same time signature as well.
Texas Chainsaw Jesus I guess there are only so many notes and time signatures available. After a while, there’s bound to be some cross pollination. I thought the Penny Lane music vid was pretty good actually. Hard to believe it was 1967. I think it still looks great. There’s a clip on you tube somewhere of Dick Clark asking the kids who just saw the video for the first time what they thought of it. Most with the exception of a few were freaked out by the facial hair and strange new sound. It’s kind of comical to watch. Now there’s an album (Sgt. Pepper)that sounds like no other. I know PL wasn’t on it, but it was supposed to be. I agree about U2. I think it’s because Bono is the only vocalist and the Edge’s sonic guitar is always so prominent. Still good stuff, at least through Joshua Tree.