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"Wah-Wah" is about a headache that Paul McCartney and his ego was giving George Harrison. The day he quit The Beatles in January 1969 (for several days) and came back, George wrote "Wah-Wah".
George proved he was an indeed an equal to the others. Loved John & Paul but their egos caused the end of the Beatles. George showed them all of this great music and they rejected it. Sad!
this is certainly one of the best beatles solo albums. a double-album, his first after ther break up. and it was a huge success. it has a real country feel to much of it, and it is just superb.
"beware of darkness", "all things must pass", "isn't it a pity", "the ballad of Sir F Crisp", "My sweet Lord", "Art of dying","What is life" and more .... so many very good songs in this album!!!!
I have said quite often that The Art of Dying sounds like the title of either a James Bond film or at least a spy thriller. Great song as so many of George's are without question.
Well he had "diarrhea of creativity" between being away from the Beatles for a while and surrounding himself with musicians who provided a much better sounding board. And don't forget George had written a lot of the songs on All Things Must Pass much earlier than it's 1970 release year. The songs had been with him for quite a while
the 'wah wah' was the headache he felt from being under appreciated in the beatles and 'cheaper than a dime' his feeling he was seen as a session player to macca and john the whole album was drenched in reverb,all the rage at that time,and when he re-released the album he partly re-recorded my sweet lord using parts of the old recording they'd been able to clean up with multi-band this and that and fancy tech nice one
The famous "Wall of Sound" effect (Phil Spector) production on this album. Some people say the instrumentation is too heavy, but I think it's brilliant, especially when you know that Harrison and Clapton and others are enjoying themselves playing loud on this. For me this is simply the best rocking song of any of the Beatles solo compositions.
The only thing about this mix that disapoints me is the lack of bass. It's almost all midrange. Listen to "Drive My Car" in comparison. This song would be even more stellar if George Martin could have put his best into it. The concert for Bangladesh version rocks too! I wonder who engineered that one? Eddie Kramer, perhaps?
During the filming of Let It Be (retooled by Peter Jackson as Get Back) there is a scene where George and Paul argue and George walks out. He went home and wrote this song about...The (other) Beatles.
Hey fellas. By the time George left the Beatles he had so many songs of his own that he released a triple LP. One of my faves from this album is "All Things Must Pass". Peace.
This is George saying he doesn't need any more headaches (Wah Wahs) caused by Paul McCartney, who he had just argued with while recording the Beatles Let it Be album. George briefly quit The Beatles after the fight (which you can watch in the movie "Let it Be" and the docu-series "Get Back") and went home and wrote this song. In the lyrics, he is referring to how close he and Paul used to be - they were best friends before either had met John. If you listen closely to the fadeout, you can hear the sound of a car speeding away into the distance, which represents George driving away from the studio after his fight with Paul. The lyrics on "Isn't it a Pity" on this album also refer to his growing bitterness and disappointment in Paul. He even took shots at Paul in his lyrics when he was in the Beatles - in "Savoy Truffle" on the Beatles' album he sings "We all know Obla-di Bla Da, but can you tell me where you are?" which is clearly a shot at Paul who wrote "Obladi-Oblada" which George, John and Ringo hated. Paul and George later buried the hatchet and became friends. In fact, George died at Paul's house in L.A., which Paul allowed for George to use for his final days. Brothers to the end.
Great reaction!! This is what happens when you let a creative & musical genius get out of the shadows of the Lennon/McCartney monopoly, and set him free!! A masterpiece of an album. George more than proved his meddle with this immediate post-Beatles release. So glad you got to experience it! Much, MUCH more to check on this album. Cheers.
Co-produced by Harrison and Phil Spector, many musicians contributed to the album, including Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Pete Drake, Gary Wright, Klaus Voormann, members of Badfinger, players from Delaney and Bonnie band, and John Barham.
This video was posted a long time ago. Wah Wah means headache, "you've given me a Wah Wah". The producer was Phil Spector, who's productions were known as the Wall of Sound. He layered and layered tracks, instruments, etc. If anything sounds obscured it's due to the lavishness of the song's production (he always produced his music this way). And in case you haven't already listened to it the entire All Things Must Pass album is spectacular (well, 2 out of the 3 albums anyway, the 3rd album is a big jam session)
There is nothing bad on this album. This song is more of a jam that George wrote after going home from the studio following an argument between he and Paul and later he and John (when the Beatles were still together and recording). However, this song was pretty much a swipe at Paul. Clapton, Billy Preston, Ringo, Bobby Whitlock and Bobby Keys, Gary Brooker (Procol Harum), and Pete Ham (Badfinger) all played on this, as I recall.
Hey guys from El Neddo de España. This is indeed less about the pedal and more about his old band mates, petty squabbles and all that BS. George plays some of his unique snakey slide guitar. Ringo is killing the drums, with Clapton, various members of Badfinger, keys by Billy Preston, Gary Brooker AND Bobby Whitlock and the fantastic and deceptively simple Klaus Voorman on bass. Produced by maniac genius Phil Spector utilizing his famous Wall of Sound technique, multiple instruments and voices drenched in echo. When George was able to finally get his backlog of songs recorded it needed a 3 LP set. Then came the live Concert For Bangladesh and proved what an amazing musician and human being George Harrison was.
Favorite album from my fav Beatle. Eric Clapton said this was the first time the members of he and, what would become, “Derek And The Domino’s” recorded together. Shortly after this project, they would head to Miami and start work on the Layla LP. Give “Bell Bottom Blues” a listen. Layla and “461 Ocean Blvd” are two nice offerings from Eric’s career.
this whole album is fantastic with tons of killer songs! George Harrison's first solo release was 3 LPs in the box - 6 sides of music. And very heavy deep material. The producer was Phil Spector who was famous for his "wall of sound" production. He used tons of instruments to build the wall of sound. When George did the re-mix decades later, it was challenging because Phil had hard recorded heavy reverb onto the tracks.
@@subg8858 Ok, bad choice of words on my part. He produced the album which means he made some decisions about keeping certain tracks, but more importantly he drenched the sound with reverb, but hard recorded it, making it difficult to remix.
Great reaction, guys! Do yourself a favor and check out the live version of this on "Concert for George," the all-star gala concert celebrating the one year anniversary of his death. That whole show is beyond spectacular. This is how they ended the night and it ends with quite a bang. 🔥
I always thought the song was about "you're giving me a headache" but replacing the word headache with the sound of a train whistle, hence the dissonance in the vocals when they cry out "wah waaah!" to sound like a train. I believe the song is about the headache and pain of breaking up with the Beatles and dealing with the insane amount of fame the four of them had to contend with at that point in time.
Ah damn. Every stinkin time I hear this song it gets stuck in my head for several days. Wah wah you've given me a wah wahhhhhhhhh Crap, there I go again!
I’m sure somebody has already said (and you probably know) that the title is a reference to the wah-wah pedal on an electric guitar, so I think you’re right that the song is about his guitar, though that never occurred to me in all the times I’ve listened to this song over the years!
Harrison is singing about being hurt by Paul McCartney, and sick of The Beatles. Paul and John were basically the bosses, and George and Ringo were there to add their fantastic musicianship, and perhaps a song of their own, when Paul and John let them. As the Beatles came to an end, their manager had died, and they tried to manage themselves. Mistake. John drifted away into heroin addiction, and Paul became more and more bossy to try to hold things together. Paul was also very particular about who could play what, and how, on his songs. One of the last straws was when Paul came in with Let It Be, knowing exactly how he wanted it played. As the band learned the song, George added guitar licks after Paul's lines in the verse. Paul told George not to do that. George silently put down his guitar, and left the studio for the rest of the day. So there's your wah wah. As for the production, that's Phil Spector, famous for his "wall of sound" productions of many classic Motown bands--The Ronettes' Be My Baby (his wife sang lead), Ike & Tina's River Deep--Mountain high, and many more. It's so much fun seeing you guys digging the music of my youth so much, and giving new insights. Peace.
Nice summary. I think there was unspoken recognition of this while going on. Although not a big deal, track placement is interesting when looking back through catalogue... Taxman on Revolver; Abbey Road Something and Here Comes the Sun and so on. Even earlier albums. Not enough to make up for Wah Wah (headache) but they knew it existed
I immediately thought of the triple live album - it was a financial catastrophe for a young person. I was also impressed by Bob Dylan's live side. Have fun with all kinds of good music!
All the music I grew up listening to is popular again it's good to be alive Btw took a close look at your playlist digging them all suggestion Live Foghat live 1998 two centuries of boogie tour in New Jersey
“Wah wah” is slang for a headache. This is George writing about storming out and leaving the Beatles after arguments with both John and Paul. He was angry in the aftermath of this event and took out his therapy in his song.
Please review Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh. FANTASTIC live album. Wah Wah sounded great live!!! I especially love Leon Russell's set. Please review him too! I saw George in Chicago when he toured with Ravi Shankar. It was a matinee show and after that Ravi had a heart attack. Have seen Paul McCartney on his Wings Over America tour and if we both live long enough, am seeing Ringo in Sept. Didn't get to see John...only in my dreams. 0:02
It’s thought that this is about Paul McCartney. The wah wah is supposedly about Paul’s assertiveness about how guitar parts should be played and songs arranged, among other things.
Paul was always critical of George, telling how to play, it's a reference to McCartney and the wah wah pedal and Paul's criticism. Paul made him a big star, now he doesn't need Paul and his wah wah. He felt held back, held down. By the late 60s, Paul had taken over while John got high and was just like "Whatever". But then John had his "How Do You Sleep" aimed at Paul as well. A lot of bitterness.
I bought this record a few years after it came out, and I bought a record player. This was one of the first records I got and I played it about a hundred times.
A song about the wah wah pedal - with Clapton probably playing it on this track. They did a great version of this song at the Concert for Bangledesh - great video if you can access it - it may have been blocked from viewing. Actually - the song is about the static and frustration he was dealing with in the final Beatle sessions where he had had enough of the band, McCartney...It is almost as if wah wah is the bleep phrase for Beatles.
Eric Clapton is the one playing his guitar with the wah wah pedal, doubling George's lead. George's slide guitar was over-dubbed after the original mix he made, at the suggestion of producer Phil Spector. Harrison hated the over-production by Spector. Begrudgingly, he came to like it over the years and in his decades later re-mix Harrison tried to erase the extraneous stuff --- but Spector had hard-recorded the tracks!
Dudes you gotta check out this whole record!! It’s a masterpiece!!! The greatest Beatles solo album. George wrote this when he walked out the Beatles Let It Be sessions. The vibes were bad and whole band was falling apart by then and so George just said I don’t need this and left. Wrote this song when he went home.
OHMYGOSH!!! NO one does THIS!!! Now I freakin **Luv** You Guys even MORE!!! i wonder if ya ever considered doing some of the songs from the **Live Performance** of this song from **Concert For George** or well if ya look into it there are many many songs of his from it to do OMG it is one of THE most **ExtraordinaryExceptionalTributes** EVER!!! the entire concert but WoW if ya could do a couple from it or so maybe man that would be so freakin **Awesome** & then ya get to see his son **Dhani Harrison** who OMG is the image of **MyBeautifulSoulGerogeHarrison** in his youth it is **Wild** heh...OH but yea since i am new here ya might have done some stuff already so i am sorry if that is the case but if NOT i do hope ya will consider it sometime in the future **Thank YOU** for your time & consideration! **PixieHugz&LuvzALL**
As many others say, the whole album is absolute gold, tons of great songs and often mentioned as one of the very best ex Beatle solo albums. Another classic is the title track but also make note of the deep cut The Art of Dying, which has some ripping guitar from Harrison and Eric Clapton. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
You want a groove? You absolutely must check video of "Poor Elijah", performed in 1969 by Delaney & Bonnie, with Eric Clapton and Dave Mason on acoustic guitar.
It’s just such a great driving best & melody and there’s so much going on within the beat & melody! Nice slide playing too! Great reaction guys, love it!
Clapton, Preston, Voormann, Ringo... several people from the Beatles family participated here. What a sound! You did several songs from this album but actually you have to listen to the full 3 LP record. The first rock tripple album and by far the best any of the Beatles did after they split. This is way better than even the White Album. Why? Because George was never getting the attention of his bandmates when it came to songwriting and musicianship, so he spared his best songs for his solo work and not for the Get Back session. And yes, the lyrics are a bit hdden as he is accusing openly his bandmates, especially Paul, in the song written during the time he left the band for a few weeks.
This is a little before your time guys, but great you pay some time to the day..tune is roughly speaking about Mcartney's in studio whining and control of music compostions. Wah-wah has Phil Spectors 'wall of sound' production hand. Spector made black music artists hit it big in mid '60's with his studio production work. Robert at 68.
It is a peddle to modify the guitar to sound like it’s actually saying “ Wa-Wa. This technique was used by rock artists; such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, et al. It was suggested, by Paul, for George. He was telling Paul he didn’t need technical gimmicks, to make good music. By this time he was so “pissed”, with Paul; that he didn’t need or want his advice.
In his autobiography, I, Me, Mine, Harrison explains that the song title was a reference to "a 'headache' as well as a footpedal", the wah-wah pedal being a guitar effect that he favoured for much of the early Get Back sessions. The message of the song, according to Harrison, was: "you're giving me a bloody headache." Leng identifies "Wah-Wah" as being directed at the "artifice" and "pretense" surrounding the Beatles - According to Wikipedia.
Talking about Paul mostly! Was tired of him keeping him down...mainly during the Beatles. He had SO many songs they rejected, his first solo album was THREE disc set haha...ALL great too. How about some solo Paul! Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey!! Or, the entire RAM album, F'n genius!!
"Wah-Wah" is about a headache that Paul McCartney and his ego was giving George Harrison. The day he quit The Beatles in January 1969 (for several days) and came back, George wrote "Wah-Wah".
Wow! Can’t believe you guys are doing this! Nobody does this! This is my favorite Ex Beatle solo album! Great song, great album!
"Stuck inside a cloud " has some great slide Guitar 🤟
George proved he was an indeed an equal to the others. Loved John & Paul but their egos caused the end of the Beatles. George showed them all of this great music and they rejected it. Sad!
Same
Thanks for saying it for me, Darren!
this is certainly one of the best beatles solo albums. a double-album, his first after ther break up. and it was a huge success. it has a real country feel to much of it, and it is just superb.
"beware of darkness", "all things must pass", "isn't it a pity", "the ballad of Sir F Crisp", "My sweet Lord", "Art of dying","What is life" and more .... so many very good songs in this album!!!!
I have said quite often that The Art of Dying sounds like the title of either a James Bond film or at least a spy thriller. Great song as so many of George's are without question.
@@lorinwold6473 More likely, Tibetan Buddhist mysticism.
Who puts out a debut solo album with 3 records? George Harrison does.
A guy with a stack of songs the Beatles wouldn't let him record.
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En fait ces chansons avaient été écrites par Harrisson pendant sa phase Beatles mais elles n'ont jamais été sorties avec le label Appel-Beatles!
Some might say he was pent up 😄 🥰
Well he had "diarrhea of creativity" between being away from the Beatles for a while and surrounding himself with musicians who provided a much better sounding board. And don't forget George had written a lot of the songs on All Things Must Pass much earlier than it's 1970 release year. The songs had been with him for quite a while
You gotta check out the star lineup on this album it’s eye popping! George had ALOTTA friends 😉
the 'wah wah' was the headache he felt from being under appreciated in the beatles and 'cheaper than a dime' his feeling he was seen as a session player to macca and john
the whole album was drenched in reverb,all the rage at that time,and when he re-released the album he partly re-recorded my sweet lord using parts of the old recording they'd been able to clean up with multi-band this and that and fancy tech
nice one
In later years when George listened to the LP again....like 20 years later he commented that in retrospect he thought there was way too much reverb.
The famous "Wall of Sound" effect (Phil Spector) production on this album. Some people say the instrumentation is too heavy, but I think it's brilliant, especially when you know that Harrison and Clapton and others are enjoying themselves playing loud on this. For me this is simply the best rocking song of any of the Beatles solo compositions.
The only thing about this mix that disapoints me is the lack of bass. It's almost all midrange. Listen to "Drive My Car" in comparison. This song would be even more stellar if George Martin could have put his best into it. The concert for Bangladesh version rocks too! I wonder who engineered that one? Eddie Kramer, perhaps?
George finally was free, and All Thing Must Pass was an all time great album.
During the filming of Let It Be (retooled by Peter Jackson as Get Back) there is a scene where George and Paul argue and George walks out. He went home and wrote this song about...The (other) Beatles.
A lot of the tunes an this album were rejected by the Beatles so George releases them as a solo effort and kills it in my opinion!
Ringo on drums! George wrote this about John and Paul after leaving the band during the filming of the Let it Be album.
Wah Wah Wahll of Sound. Layers and layers.
Hey fellas. By the time George left the Beatles he had so many songs of his own that he released a triple LP. One of my faves from this album is "All Things Must Pass". Peace.
Sounds familiar
So much is going on in this song musically, crazy listen with headphones
You guys need to listen to georges ..AWAITING ON YOU ALL
And Art of Dying
This is George saying he doesn't need any more headaches (Wah Wahs) caused by Paul McCartney, who he had just argued with while recording the Beatles Let it Be album. George briefly quit The Beatles after the fight (which you can watch in the movie "Let it Be" and the docu-series "Get Back") and went home and wrote this song. In the lyrics, he is referring to how close he and Paul used to be - they were best friends before either had met John. If you listen closely to the fadeout, you can hear the sound of a car speeding away into the distance, which represents George driving away from the studio after his fight with Paul. The lyrics on "Isn't it a Pity" on this album also refer to his growing bitterness and disappointment in Paul. He even took shots at Paul in his lyrics when he was in the Beatles - in "Savoy Truffle" on the Beatles' album he sings "We all know Obla-di Bla Da, but can you tell me where you are?" which is clearly a shot at Paul who wrote "Obladi-Oblada" which George, John and Ringo hated. Paul and George later buried the hatchet and became friends. In fact, George died at Paul's house in L.A., which Paul allowed for George to use for his final days. Brothers to the end.
For me this is the best recorded rock n roll track ever. The most music caught on tape at any one time. Perfection.
George's guitar sound is unmistakable. Please also do his song "All Things Must Pass" from this great album (of the same name).
The inexpensive wah wah peddle which was often used back then was used as a metaphor to describe his experience with the Beatles. Nice reaction guys!
Great reaction!! This is what happens when you let a creative & musical genius get out of the shadows of the Lennon/McCartney monopoly, and set him free!! A masterpiece of an album. George more than proved his meddle with this immediate post-Beatles release.
So glad you got to experience it! Much, MUCH more to check on this album. Cheers.
A MONSTER MASTERPIECE ALBUM. ❤🎉❤ HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE CRAP HE ENDURED WITH THE BEATLES. The Wah Wah!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Co-produced by Harrison and Phil Spector, many musicians contributed to the album, including Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Pete Drake, Gary Wright, Klaus Voormann, members of Badfinger, players from Delaney and Bonnie band, and John Barham.
Gary Wright? I never knew
@@cweefy Supposedly Peter Frampton and Phil Collins too, but they got mixed out of the release.
YES! and Bobby Whitlock, he was the only American!
@@cweefy Yep, dude check this out! Recognize the TWO guitar players haha..?? ua-cam.com/video/WINycgPWDas/v-deo.html
I believe Dave Mason played on it as well.
Paul suggested that George get a wah wah like eric clapton, that's the story. He had had it by that time with Paul "I don't need no wah wah".
This video was posted a long time ago. Wah Wah means headache, "you've given me a Wah Wah". The producer was Phil Spector, who's productions were known as the Wall of Sound. He layered and layered tracks, instruments, etc. If anything sounds obscured it's due to the lavishness of the song's production (he always produced his music this way). And in case you haven't already listened to it the entire All Things Must Pass album is spectacular (well, 2 out of the 3 albums anyway, the 3rd album is a big jam session)
It's about Paul. -You made me such a big star, being there at the right time, cheaper than a dime.
There is nothing bad on this album. This song is more of a jam that George wrote after going home from the studio following an argument between he and Paul and later he and John (when the Beatles were still together and recording). However, this song was pretty much a swipe at Paul. Clapton, Billy Preston, Ringo, Bobby Whitlock and Bobby Keys, Gary Brooker (Procol Harum), and Pete Ham (Badfinger) all played on this, as I recall.
"WAH WAH" means headache. He's singing about the headache the Beatles had given him before the breakup.
Check out Isn't It A Pity from the same album. It's a masterpiece!
It is absolutely a masterpiece. Very thoughtful too.
The bass player on this album, Klaus Voorman, is very inspiring. Very melodic.
Hey guys from El Neddo de España. This is indeed less about the pedal and more about his old band mates, petty squabbles and all that BS. George plays some of his unique snakey slide guitar. Ringo is killing the drums, with Clapton, various members of Badfinger, keys by Billy Preston, Gary Brooker AND Bobby Whitlock and the fantastic and deceptively simple Klaus Voorman on bass. Produced by maniac genius Phil Spector utilizing his famous Wall of Sound technique, multiple instruments and voices drenched in echo. When George was able to finally get his backlog of songs recorded it needed a 3 LP set. Then came the live Concert For Bangladesh and proved what an amazing musician and human being George Harrison was.
He certainly was. There is a great documentary about him called "Living in the Material World."
@@marymargaretmoore9034 I have a copy and totally love it. One of the best documentaries on an artist that I've ever seen.
George was one of a kind as both a musician and human being.
@@jimmoore8951 He sure was.
@@carrerlluna66 I've only seen it once, but thought it was really good. George was such an outstanding human being.
Favorite album from my fav Beatle. Eric Clapton said this was the first time the members of he and, what would become, “Derek And The Domino’s” recorded together. Shortly after this project, they would head to Miami and start work on the Layla LP. Give “Bell Bottom Blues” a listen. Layla and “461 Ocean Blvd” are two nice offerings from Eric’s career.
this whole album is fantastic with tons of killer songs! George Harrison's first solo release was 3 LPs in the box - 6 sides of music. And very heavy deep material. The producer was Phil Spector who was famous for his "wall of sound" production. He used tons of instruments to build the wall of sound. When George did the re-mix decades later, it was challenging because Phil had hard recorded heavy reverb onto the tracks.
Phil Spector didn’t use any instruments. He mised the band that Hatlrrison had recorded. The band used the instruments
@@subg8858 Ok, bad choice of words on my part. He produced the album which means he made some decisions about keeping certain tracks, but more importantly he drenched the sound with reverb, but hard recorded it, making it difficult to remix.
art of dying, id have you anytime, and awaiting on you all are all my jams from this album
You say "jams". Jams are improvisations, not songs per se.
@@iamhudsdent2759 youre looking way too far into it
plus i Jam out to them figuratively and physically so it still works in the context i used it in. either way theyre all great songs
Great reaction, guys! Do yourself a favor and check out the live version of this on "Concert for George," the all-star gala concert celebrating the one year anniversary of his death. That whole show is beyond spectacular. This is how they ended the night and it ends with quite a bang. 🔥
NOTE: he is using an effects box on his guitar called a "wah wah pedal throughout the song...........
I always thought the song was about "you're giving me a headache" but replacing the word headache with the sound of a train whistle, hence the dissonance in the vocals when they cry out "wah waaah!" to sound like a train. I believe the song is about the headache and pain of breaking up with the Beatles and dealing with the insane amount of fame the four of them had to contend with at that point in time.
Beatles had 3 times more albums as solo artists than as a band. This was one of the earliest solo releases of all the Beatles. It was 3 album set.
Our boy Georgie loved them horns!
What Is Life , My Sweet Lord, Isn’t a Pitty are a few great ones from George the whole All Things Must Pass album is great!
Ah damn.
Every stinkin time I hear this song it gets stuck in my head for several days.
Wah wah you've given me a wah wahhhhhhhhh
Crap, there I go again!
George is my fav Beatle. His slide guitar work is sublime. Plus his sitar playing is so nice. I love it in Norweigan Wood.
BTW, that's his good buddy Billy Preston on the keyboards with the piano lines responding to George's guitar lines.
Solid walls of sound
George's back up band on this album is essentially what became Dereck and the Dominos (lead by Eric Clapton).
I’m sure somebody has already said (and you probably know) that the title is a reference to the wah-wah pedal on an electric guitar, so I think you’re right that the song is about his guitar, though that never occurred to me in all the times I’ve listened to this song over the years!
My favorite Harrison studio track. Symphonic! somehow manages being melancholic and uplifting at the same time. Tricky to pull off.
Rock Royalty! Love George Harrison, " Stuck inside a cloud" great guitar slide & too many to mention. Keep it Rocking🤟
Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” is what you guys can’t put your finger on it.
Another great choice
You guys should try “Dark sweet lady” “Beautiful girl” “Beware of darkness” “Run of the mill” by George Harrison
I think that was the introduction of the Wawa pedal. Peter Frampton sho loved it😅😊
Harrison is singing about being hurt by Paul McCartney, and sick of The Beatles. Paul and John were basically the bosses, and George and Ringo were there to add their fantastic musicianship, and perhaps a song of their own, when Paul and John let them. As the Beatles came to an end, their manager had died, and they tried to manage themselves. Mistake. John drifted away into heroin addiction, and Paul became more and more bossy to try to hold things together.
Paul was also very particular about who could play what, and how, on his songs. One of the last straws was when Paul came in with Let It Be, knowing exactly how he wanted it played. As the band learned the song, George added guitar licks after Paul's lines in the verse. Paul told George not to do that. George silently put down his guitar, and left the studio for the rest of the day. So there's your wah wah.
As for the production, that's Phil Spector, famous for his "wall of sound" productions of many classic Motown bands--The Ronettes' Be My Baby (his wife sang lead), Ike & Tina's River Deep--Mountain high, and many more.
It's so much fun seeing you guys digging the music of my youth so much, and giving new insights. Peace.
Great commentary. You nailed it.
@@ArniePorter Thanks Arnie! I'm glad to know you appreciated it. All the best.
Nice summary. I think there was unspoken recognition of this while going on. Although not a big deal, track placement is interesting when looking back through catalogue... Taxman on Revolver; Abbey Road Something and Here Comes the Sun and so on. Even earlier albums. Not enough to make up for Wah Wah (headache) but they knew it existed
Originally, wah-wah is kind of a noisy bird, so it is related to a headache. In this song this bird or this headache is Paul.
The music from that period is still incredible. And no autotune.
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The live version on "The Concert For Bangladesh" is really good, too...
(even though Leon stole that show)
I immediately thought of the triple live album - it was a financial catastrophe for a young person.
I was also impressed by Bob Dylan's live side. Have fun with all kinds of good music!
All the music I grew up listening to is popular again it's good to be alive
Btw took a close look at your playlist digging them all suggestion Live Foghat live 1998 two centuries of boogie tour in New Jersey
must automatic headshacking ❤👍👍my skin is krickling like wah wah
“Wah wah” is slang for a headache. This is George writing about storming out and leaving the Beatles after arguments with both John and Paul. He was angry in the aftermath of this event and took out his therapy in his song.
So much goodness going on😊
Please review Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh. FANTASTIC live album. Wah Wah sounded great live!!! I especially love Leon Russell's set. Please review him too! I saw George in Chicago when he toured with Ravi Shankar. It was a matinee show and after that Ravi had a heart attack. Have seen Paul McCartney on his Wings Over America tour and if we both live long enough, am seeing Ringo in Sept. Didn't get to see John...only in my dreams. 0:02
read somewhere that peter tork of the group The Monkees - played guitar on one of george harrison's albums.
My favourite Beatle too!
The Wah Wah pedal!
One of my fav George Harrison tunes.
He's referring to the politics within The Beatles at the time. This is probably the most important post Beatles album.
It’s thought that this is about Paul McCartney. The wah wah is supposedly about Paul’s assertiveness about how guitar parts should be played and songs arranged, among other things.
Paul was always critical of George, telling how to play, it's a reference to McCartney and the wah wah pedal and Paul's criticism. Paul made him a big star, now he doesn't need Paul and his wah wah. He felt held back, held down. By the late 60s, Paul had taken over while John got high and was just like "Whatever". But then John had his "How Do You Sleep" aimed at Paul as well. A lot of bitterness.
I bought this record a few years after it came out, and I bought a record player. This was one of the first records I got and I played it about a hundred times.
"Wah", like a baby crying. The song is essentially about all the acrimony within the Beatles as they were on their way to breaking up
I highly recommend George Harrison: Living in the Material World on HBO
A song about the wah wah pedal - with Clapton probably playing it on this track. They did a great version of this song at the Concert for Bangledesh - great video if you can access it - it may have been blocked from viewing. Actually - the song is about the static and frustration he was dealing with in the final Beatle sessions where he had had enough of the band, McCartney...It is almost as if wah wah is the bleep phrase for Beatles.
Wall of Sound!
Eric Clapton is the one playing his guitar with the wah wah pedal, doubling George's lead. George's slide guitar was over-dubbed after the original mix he made, at the suggestion of producer Phil Spector. Harrison hated the over-production by Spector. Begrudgingly, he came to like it over the years and in his decades later re-mix Harrison tried to erase the extraneous stuff --- but Spector had hard-recorded the tracks!
Makin my day
Wah Wah guitar pedal!😊
Dudes you gotta check out this whole record!! It’s a masterpiece!!! The greatest Beatles solo album. George wrote this when he walked out the Beatles Let It Be sessions. The vibes were bad and whole band was falling apart by then and so George just said I don’t need this and left. Wrote this song when he went home.
And Ringo on the drums.
OHMYGOSH!!! NO one does THIS!!! Now I freakin **Luv** You Guys even MORE!!! i wonder if ya ever considered doing some of the songs from the **Live Performance** of this song from **Concert For George** or well if ya look into it there are many many songs of his from it to do OMG it is one of THE most **ExtraordinaryExceptionalTributes** EVER!!! the entire concert but WoW if ya could do a couple from it or so maybe man that would be so freakin **Awesome** & then ya get to see his son **Dhani Harrison** who OMG is the image of **MyBeautifulSoulGerogeHarrison** in his youth it is **Wild** heh...OH but yea since i am new here ya might have done some stuff already so i am sorry if that is the case but if NOT i do hope ya will consider it sometime in the future **Thank YOU** for your time & consideration! **PixieHugz&LuvzALL**
He is talking about bandmate from the Beatles, Paul McCartney.
TAXMAN
Great George song
As many others say, the whole album is absolute gold, tons of great songs and often mentioned as one of the very best ex Beatle solo albums. Another classic is the title track but also make note of the deep cut The Art of Dying, which has some ripping guitar from Harrison and Eric Clapton. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
You want a groove? You absolutely must check video of "Poor Elijah", performed in 1969 by Delaney & Bonnie, with Eric Clapton and Dave Mason on acoustic guitar.
It’s just such a great driving best & melody and there’s so much going on within the beat & melody! Nice slide playing too! Great reaction guys, love it!
It's about how annoying paul was but it's one of my favorites, thank you for playing yet another Good One👍🥰
Clapton, Preston, Voormann, Ringo... several people from the Beatles family participated here. What a sound! You did several songs from this album but actually you have to listen to the full 3 LP record. The first rock tripple album and by far the best any of the Beatles did after they split. This is way better than even the White Album. Why? Because George was never getting the attention of his bandmates when it came to songwriting and musicianship, so he spared his best songs for his solo work and not for the Get Back session.
And yes, the lyrics are a bit hdden as he is accusing openly his bandmates, especially Paul, in the song written during the time he left the band for a few weeks.
The Album Title song - All Things Must Pass - is a great song.
Great reaction. Great song.
This is a little before your time guys, but great you pay some time to the day..tune is roughly speaking about Mcartney's in studio whining and control of music compostions. Wah-wah has Phil Spectors 'wall of sound' production hand. Spector made black music artists hit it big in mid '60's with his studio production work. Robert at 68.
thank you for this one!!!
Saw this album in the record shop on the wall-it really stood out🇦🇺
It is a peddle to modify the guitar to sound like it’s actually saying “ Wa-Wa. This technique was used by rock artists; such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, et al. It was suggested, by Paul, for George. He was telling Paul he didn’t need technical gimmicks, to make good music. By this time he was so “pissed”, with Paul; that he didn’t need or want his advice.
One of the best songs ever
There are so many gems from this album. Please explore this treasure trove!!
Try the title song, it’s one of the most beautiful Songs ever
in my opinion the 2020 mixes that bring the vocals way more to the forefront actually harms the sound and impact of the songs
In his autobiography, I, Me, Mine, Harrison explains that the song title was a reference to "a 'headache' as well as a footpedal", the wah-wah pedal being a guitar effect that he favoured for much of the early Get Back sessions. The message of the song, according to Harrison, was: "you're giving me a bloody headache." Leng identifies "Wah-Wah" as being directed at the "artifice" and "pretense" surrounding the Beatles - According to Wikipedia.
Good react. If you're into nuances like submerged vocals, check out "Grey/Afro" by Alexander Spence. One of the spookiest songs you'll ever hear.
He’s talking about a guitar pedal called a wah-wah that his friend Eric Clapton gave him.
Nice 💖👍
Talking about Paul mostly! Was tired of him keeping him down...mainly during the Beatles. He had SO many songs they rejected, his first solo album was THREE disc set haha...ALL great too. How about some solo Paul! Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey!! Or, the entire RAM album, F'n genius!!