Just another masterpiece.Simplistic,yet tells the story of our need to surrender our egos and come together as one love and one complete harmony in the universe
This might surprise some of you but since my brothers bought that album in 1968, I at the age of 9 felt in love with this song. It's my dearest Beatles song of Sgt Pepper album.
the twang sound you refer to is called a sitar, used heavily in classical Indian music. This came about as the 4 of them had explored hindi culture around the time along with heavy influences from LSD and widespread new ideas of other cultures during George's exploration of India.
That's George Harrison and a Indian orchestra. He's playing a Indian instrument called sitar. You probably have seen it. It was the first time that western music and Indian music were put together
George Harrison is playing the sitar, a traditional Indian instrument. The lyrics are adaptations of Hindu prayers called sutras. George was converted to the Transcendental Meditation movement path to enlightenment at this point and led the rest of The Beatles on a famous pilgrimage to an ashram retreat in India.
I’m proud of you You got it really quickly The love is inside of us when we know that then we can share ourselves in a loving way Not trying to get love from others but experiencing the love inside of us and letting it over flow Check out Chris Williamson song waterfall
The twangy sound is the Indian Sitar. A folk music instrument from India. George was into the Indian ragas the most in 1966-67. He once said during this period he almost forgot how to play guitar. The laughing was George's sense of humor and it was the perfect segway into the next song which was Paul's light and bouncy number When I'm 64.
The first time east meets west musically in one song! George Martin wrote the orchestra parts, George Harrison wrote the song, and his Indian friends played the instruments...this one has always been GREAT ! Begins side two of the Sergeant Peppers album. Truly is a masterpiece....Jayy...you're doing very well with the Beatles, you get it!!! they did every style and more.
Actually not the first... George Harrison/The Beatles did it 1966 in "Love you to" (Revolver). Even "Norwegian Wood (this bird has flown)" in 1965 shows indian sitar sound with european pop. Whatever the case, this sitar-influenced sound is interpreted today as pioneering, for what is now known as ethno-pop. And one shouldn't hide the fact, that the whole sound model is based a little on "Eight miles high" by the Byrds.
Later George wood produced album called Wonderwall which had his Indian friends on it and it was a mixture of eastern Indian music and western music some of it rather cowboy type music very experimental album and a beautiful album it’s called Wonderwall I believe Ravi Shankar’s daughter played on it also
There was also the work of Ravi Shankar prior to meeting George Harrison when he worked with Yehudi Menuhin and toured ‘the west’ in the late 1950’s. R/S worked as mentor and teacher of GH. And Ananda Shankar (no relation?) another Indian musician who worked with the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, etc.
@@AlBarzUK Also Ravi Shankar used to hang out with Peter Sellers George Harrison Ringo Starr Ringo Starr eventually but Peter Sellers mentioned which was named “ Fred” Ringo also appeared in the magic Christian Along with Peter Sellers
Fun facts there is only one Beatle on the song George Harrison who wrote it . The other 3 musicians are Indian musicians who went uncredited. Also the end of the song you’ll notice some muffled laughter . The Beatles added that to the end because the song has such a sad droning sound to it . According to the story behind every song on Sgt Peppers … In the end, "Within You Without You" risked sounding over-serious on an album that included songs inspired by a child's drawing, a flirty parking-enforcement officer and an antique circus poster. So Harrison allowed for a final moment of levity: It was his idea to put a bit of laughter at the end of "Within You Without You," taken from a sound-effects tape in the Abbey Road library. "I think he just wanted to relieve the tedium a bit," Martin said later. "George was slightly embarrassed and defensive about his work. I was always conscious of that. Perhaps I didn't devote as much attention to George as I had [to Lennon and McCartney]. I actually think 'Within You Without You' would have benefited a bit by being shorter, but it was a very interesting song. I find it more interesting now than I did then."
Congratulations on reacting to this song. You're the only one who has. It's my favorite George Harrison song. I got an A+ in Senior Comp class in highschool, analyzing the lyrics/meaning of this song.
George had a great voice, great writing ability and great overall persona. Yes, a temple..Hinduism. George was buried via ashes in India. He was a devotee of Krishna. The instrument is a sitar. The laughing is an indirect reference to being high...ya kind of had to be there. It was common to sit and talk deep philosophy after smoking a joint with laughter throughout the conversation.
Simplified, Harrison was introducing us to "The Force" 10 years before Lucas used it in "Star Wars". "All Life stems from the Earth and it flows from and through all things".
George did a benefit concert called the "Concert for Bangladesh" and it had a really long song by Ravi Shankar on this same instrument, the sitar. You would love Billy Preston singing "That's the way God planned it" on that album and Leon Russell playing "Jumpin Jack Flash". Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr are a couple of the other "band" members that George brought together. It's fire 🔥😉💕
I think you got it exactky right! Happiness only comes from within! Nothing external can make us happy no matter what we do! And so life goes on WITHIN you, if not, life goes on WITHOUT you!
That's the key. Nowadays we can understand the meaning of this lyrics because our perception of the world has totally changed since the 60's but when this song was released most of the people can't see what George was talking about,
That's why the laughter was tagged on at the end - the shallow human ego, which makes fun of deep and profound messages and things that it doesn't understand.
George dipped his toe in the water of Eastern mysticism with his song Love You To on the Beatles previous album Revolver. He completely takes the plunge with Within You Without You. Though dismissed in 1967 by most Western music listeners, the other Beatles loved it and thought it brought another genre of music to their Sgt Peppers album. Producer George Martin rounded up the Indian musicians who perform on the track. Mr Martin was quite critical of Georges first offering for the album (Only A Northern Song) and was much more impressed with Within You Without You. No other Beatles perform on the track. The song was recorded in 3 separate sections then edited together creating 1 complete track. Your instincts on the songs message JAYY are spot on. Cheers, RNB
@@MsAppassionata Hi MsA. I was told the incidental laughter by the Indian musicians was captured on tape between takes. When sequencing the album, the Beatles felt the laughter help lighten the heavy mood of Within You Without You as it gave way to When I'm Sixty-Four. It was never meant to be a reflection on the musicians attitudes towards Georges song. The Beatles also liked the way the it mirrored the laughter in the segue between Sgt Pepper and With A Little Help From My Friends opening Side 1. Cheers, RNB
I won’t bore you with all the talk of sitars and tablas but if you’re interested in going down a rabbit hole, study Indian Classical music theory. SOME of these structures will make sense, though, this PARTICULAR song is a hybrid of a variety of Indian “styles” and beats… and of course George’s own interests.
Jayy, the instrument you heard was a string instrument called the Sitar, Indian musician and Sitar player Ravi Shankar was a big influence on George and taught George how to play it. Singer Nora Jones is the daughter of the late Ravi Shankar.
George got the idea of using Eastern influences and instruments when he went to an Ashram in India to meet with the Maharishi Meshi Yogi and invited the rest of the Beatles and their wives to attend. He was fascinated by the Sitar and wanted to introduce it into their Music. The goal of the Beatles at that time was to take Music into new and unexplored areas.
He didn’t go to India until the year after this record. He’d already employed Indian instruments on two previous songs, Norwegian Wood and Love You To. He became interested in Indian music during the filming of Help, which contained a scene with an Indian orchestra.
Jayy, that "twang" instrument is a sitar. Check out some Ravi Shankar's music, who was friends with George Harrison. Shankar played at the Monterey International Pop Festival of 1967 too. I saw him when he toured with George in 1974.✌😎
@@archangelmusic13 Smile when I say that! And before I speak, I have something important to say. I must confess, I was born at a very early age. Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough. 🥸
George and the boys took the cultural legacy of thousands of years of Indian musical and spiritual traditions and brought them to the world. Much like Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows," this song used the rock & roll platform to raise the consciousness and awareness of an entire generation. There aren't enough words to describe how much the Beatles rewrote the rock & roll playbook. Using sitar and tabla, like an Indian raga piece, was unheard of outside of the subcontinent in 1966-67.
Not quite ‘unheard of’. Ravi Shankar was touring Europe and the USA in the late 1950’s, nearly ten years before George Harrison met him in London and later taught George Harrison some sitar techniques and cultural references, etc..
@@AlBarzUK Fair enough, but I'd ask, "How many people heard him play?" Even in the best of circumstances, the number would have to be quite small. Ravi Shankar was the man, but until the Beatles (and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones) brought the sitar into popular music, much of the western world had never heard its beautifully haunting sounds. It was before satellite programming, cable TV, and the Internet... the world was still a much bigger place than it is today.
Wrong it’s the end of Within you without you . In the end, "Within You Without You" risked sounding over-serious on an album that included songs inspired by a child's drawing, a flirty parking-enforcement officer and an antique circus poster. So Harrison allowed for a final moment of levity: It was his idea to put a bit of laughter at the end of "Within You Without You," taken from a sound-effects tape in the Abbey Road library. "I think he just wanted to relieve the tedium a bit," Martin said later. "George was slightly embarrassed and defensive about his work. I was always conscious of that. Perhaps I didn't devote as much attention to George as I had [to Lennon and McCartney]. I actually think 'Within You Without You' would have benefited a bit by being shorter, but it was a very interesting song. I find it more interesting now than I did then." Read More: George Harrison Gets Deep on 'Within You Without You': The Story Behind Every ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song | ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-within-you-without-you/#?
Jayy, your exploration of the Beatles is top notch! I am so impressed by your insights and comments. You should have been around in the 60’s and 70’s when we were hippies and hearing this stuff in real time. That instrument you’re wondering about is called a sitar and it’s an Indian instrument that George was learning to play after the Beatles traveled to India and learned about meditation and music from a different point and a different place. Keep up this great work girl! 🌺✌️
Love this song. The twangy sound is a south Asian stringed instrument called the sitar. About 25 years ago. One night out on my old front porch with this song, a good hit of acid, and a big fat blunt changed my world view forever.
The only Beatle in this recording is George. He had gotten into Indian philosophy and wanted to write about what he'd learned. He met these Indian musicians and asked them to play with him and the recording was made. BTW "without you" means outside of you. Life flows inside you and outside of you . People get so busy chasing material possessions, thinking thats the way to happiness and when they die they're still miserable and wasted their lives without searching for the truth and learning. Jesus said the same thing you're saying : "The kingdom of Heaven is within you". Harrison said that also in his song "The Inner Light" He got the lines from a poem in the Tao Te Ching . The first line is "Without going out of my door, I can see the ways of Heaven". (the answers are inside, "within you") . He had started meditation at the time and he got this perspective from it .
George presents in this song music and spiritual insight from India. You hear the sitar, the tabla and the tambura. The lyrics present spiritual insight from Hindu teaching. The laughter at the end is humanity, once again, scoffing at and ignoring spiritual truth. They will continue their materialistic existence, rejecting the spiritual.
The Beatles had a great producer, George Martin, who is known as, 'The 5th Beatle.' Martin blended well with The Beatles and from what I understand, had a big influence on their creative abilities. George Harrison was a Hindu, and this song has a strong Indian influence. The musical instrument, the Sitar, was used in this song.
It is because of songs like this, that Sargeant Pepper is sited as the first progressive rock album, which did come before, and help spawn "In the Court of the Crimson King"...more often sited as prog's genesis, so to speak. I think this masterpiece today is the Beatles' finest moment, and it was George, alas, who crafted it.
@@sourisvoleur4854 George was given short shrift, when compared with the mighty Lennon-McCartney brand, and had fewer, yet sometimes better, contributions to the band.
@@MisterWondrous He did get the short end of the stick, to L&M's shame. His two contributions to Abbey Road are the two best songs on the album, hands down, in my opinion.
This came out when I was 12 years old, and I must admit it took me a few listens to wrap my head around it, but I ended up liking it and it is one of the things that makes Sgt Pepper so special. Another song of George's with Indian influences, but a more upbeat rhythm, is "The Inner Light", which was the flip side of the Lady Madonna 45 rpm single.
Love You To (off Revolver) is great too, but I feel like The Inner Light gets overlooked because it wasn't on an album...unless you count Past Masters.
😂ok girl that was a Sitar an Indian instrument and the way it works is you have twelve strings tuned to the chromatic scale which has all the notes there is so no matter which notes you play the strings under neath will vibrate due to the sympathetic resonance also the laughing at the end that was also at the end of a day in the life which was on the inner groove on the vinyl record and if you had an old turntable it would just keep playing
If you like to sink in a collaboration of east west music, try the piece of Anoushka Shankar (daughter of sitar master Ravi and also a sitar master) and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. They play together the "Raga Piloo". It is one of the most awesome piece of music I'd ever listen to. ua-cam.com/video/7F5HND4F6Fo/v-deo.html
I usually skip this one on sgt pepper, b.c its too long for the monotone melody IMO.... THAT being said “love you too” & “the inner light” which are two other india/sitar inspired george songs are two of my very fave beatles songs ever....also, sgt pepper was the first album i ever had back in 1994 & i used to not skip it, so i know it well & it brings back good memories for me....i dont skip it to hate on it, ive just heard it 1000 times, & i think “mr. kite”, or “lively rita” follows “within u , without u” on pepper & these days id rather hear those songs instead....all this is meaning no offense to george, hes pretty much my fave beatle these days, he has been for about 10 years now
WOW! THIS is my FAVORITE TRACK of "Sgt. Pepper" I just LOVE it, I close my eyes and it totally relaxes me. I was lucky enough to attend a concert by Ravi Shankar (who TAUGHT George how to play the Sitar, and he studied under Ravi, for quite awhile) back in 1968 and it was the most mesmerizing and exciting concert I have ever been to. Totally turned me on to Indian (east Indian, not native-American) music. I love it.
People sometimes keep asking what was the first Beatle song you ever heard, I don´t know must have been bout 3- 4 years old. But I know for sure that the last one was The Inner Light when I bought the Past Masters 2 CD sometime in the mid 90´s. I like it it´s very George of that era.
This song changed my life in 1969 I was in junior high school
And I choreographed a dance performance with this song
🥰
a brave sole. i hope it was well received, prodably beyond your class mates
Just another masterpiece.Simplistic,yet tells the story of our need to surrender our egos and come together as one love and one complete harmony in the universe
Lyrically one of George's most important works
So true ✌️ 💛
Absolutely,he should have gotten much more attention to his writing. The music is a group of musicians from India
This might surprise some of you but since my brothers bought that album in 1968, I at the age of 9 felt in love with this song. It's my dearest Beatles song of Sgt Pepper album.
one of my favourits
My fav Beatle song.
He learned sitar from the master, Ravi Shankar( Nora Jones's dad).
That twang instrument is a Sitar from India and the drums are Tablas 😉
For me, this track is tied with A Day In The Life for best track on Sgt Peppers.
I agree. These two were way above all the rest of album.
the twang sound you refer to is called a sitar, used heavily in classical Indian music. This came about as the 4 of them had explored hindi culture around the time along with heavy influences from LSD and widespread new ideas of other cultures during George's exploration of India.
A top favorite ❤
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 One of George's best.
That's George Harrison and a Indian orchestra. He's playing a Indian instrument called sitar. You probably have seen it. It was the first time that western music and Indian music were put together
George Harrison is playing the sitar, a traditional Indian instrument. The lyrics are adaptations of Hindu prayers called sutras. George was converted to the Transcendental Meditation movement path to enlightenment at this point and led the rest of The Beatles on a famous pilgrimage to an ashram retreat in India.
I’m proud of you
You got it really quickly
The love is inside of us when we know that then we can share ourselves in a loving way
Not trying to get love from others but experiencing the love inside of us and letting it over flow
Check out Chris Williamson song waterfall
That is a Sitar, which George learned to play after visiting India.
The twangy sound is the Indian Sitar. A folk music instrument from India. George was into the Indian ragas the most in 1966-67. He once said during this period he almost forgot how to play guitar. The laughing was George's sense of humor and it was the perfect segway into the next song which was Paul's light and bouncy number When I'm 64.
The first time east meets west musically in one song! George Martin wrote the orchestra parts, George Harrison wrote the song, and his Indian friends played the instruments...this one has always been GREAT ! Begins side two of the Sergeant Peppers album. Truly is a masterpiece....Jayy...you're doing very well with the Beatles, you get it!!! they did every style and more.
Actually not the first... George Harrison/The Beatles did it 1966 in "Love you to" (Revolver). Even "Norwegian Wood (this bird has flown)" in 1965 shows indian sitar sound with european pop. Whatever the case, this sitar-influenced sound is interpreted today as pioneering, for what is now known as ethno-pop. And one shouldn't hide the fact, that the whole sound model is based a little on "Eight miles high" by the Byrds.
Later George wood produced album called
Wonderwall
which had his Indian friends on it and it was a mixture of eastern Indian music and western music some of it rather cowboy type music very experimental album and a beautiful album it’s called
Wonderwall
I believe Ravi Shankar’s daughter played on it also
There was also the work of Ravi Shankar prior to meeting George Harrison when he worked with Yehudi Menuhin and toured ‘the west’ in the late 1950’s. R/S worked as mentor and teacher of GH.
And Ananda Shankar (no relation?) another Indian musician who worked with the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, etc.
@@AlBarzUK
George Harrison also put out an album called Wonderwall that featured I believe Ravi Shankar’s daughter on it
@@AlBarzUK
Also Ravi Shankar used to hang out with Peter Sellers George Harrison Ringo Starr Ringo Starr eventually but Peter Sellers mentioned which was named
“ Fred”
Ringo also appeared in the
magic Christian
Along with Peter Sellers
Fun facts there is only one Beatle on the song George Harrison who wrote it . The other 3 musicians are Indian musicians who went uncredited. Also the end of the song you’ll notice some muffled laughter . The Beatles added that to the end because the song has such a sad droning sound to it . According to the story behind every song on Sgt Peppers …
In the end, "Within You Without You" risked sounding over-serious on an album that included songs inspired by a child's drawing, a flirty parking-enforcement officer and an antique circus poster. So Harrison allowed for a final moment of levity: It was his idea to put a bit of laughter at the end of "Within You Without You," taken from a sound-effects tape in the Abbey Road library.
"I think he just wanted to relieve the tedium a bit," Martin said later. "George was slightly embarrassed and defensive about his work. I was always conscious of that. Perhaps I didn't devote as much attention to George as I had [to Lennon and McCartney]. I actually think 'Within You Without You' would have benefited a bit by being shorter, but it was a very interesting song. I find it more interesting now than I did then."
Congratulations on reacting to this song. You're the only one who has. It's my favorite George Harrison song. I got an A+ in Senior Comp class in highschool, analyzing the lyrics/meaning of this song.
George had a great voice, great writing ability and great overall persona. Yes, a temple..Hinduism.
George was buried via ashes in India. He was a devotee of Krishna.
The instrument is a sitar. The laughing is an indirect reference to being high...ya kind of had to be there. It was common to sit and talk deep philosophy after smoking a joint with laughter throughout the conversation.
Simplified, Harrison was introducing us to "The Force" 10 years before Lucas used it in "Star Wars". "All Life stems from the Earth and it flows from and through all things".
George did a benefit concert called the "Concert for Bangladesh" and it had a really long song by Ravi Shankar on this same instrument, the sitar. You would love Billy Preston singing "That's the way God planned it" on that album and Leon Russell playing "Jumpin Jack Flash". Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr are a couple of the other "band" members that George brought together. It's fire 🔥😉💕
I think you got it exactky right! Happiness only comes from within!
Nothing external can make us happy no matter what we do! And so life goes on WITHIN you, if not, life goes on WITHOUT you!
Just imagine how people reacted to this in 1967.
That's the key. Nowadays we can understand the meaning of this lyrics because our perception of the world has totally changed since the 60's but when this song was released most of the people can't see what George was talking about,
That's why the laughter was tagged on at the end - the shallow human ego, which makes fun of deep and profound messages and
things that it doesn't understand.
The Beatles introduced Indian style to pop music.
It reminds me of the desert stage in mario 64
George dipped his toe in the water of Eastern mysticism with his song Love You To on the Beatles previous album Revolver. He completely takes the plunge with Within You Without You. Though dismissed in 1967 by most Western music listeners, the other Beatles loved it and thought it brought another genre of music to their Sgt Peppers album. Producer George Martin rounded up the Indian musicians who perform on the track. Mr Martin was quite critical of Georges first offering for the album (Only A Northern Song) and was much more impressed with Within You Without You. No other Beatles perform on the track. The song was recorded in 3 separate sections then edited together creating 1 complete track. Your instincts on the songs message JAYY are spot on. Cheers, RNB
Do you know the reason why there was laughter put on at the end? I never could figure that out.
@@MsAppassionata Hi MsA. I was told the incidental laughter by the Indian musicians was captured on tape between takes. When sequencing the album, the Beatles felt the laughter help lighten the heavy mood of Within You Without You as it gave way to When I'm Sixty-Four. It was never meant to be a reflection on the musicians attitudes towards Georges song. The Beatles also liked the way the it mirrored the laughter in the segue between Sgt Pepper and With A Little Help From My Friends opening Side 1. Cheers, RNB
The Beatles were always looking to add something new to their music. The one thing they hated was to stagnate.
Another Beatle masterpiece. I hope you enjoyed your birthday cake.
Harrisong :D
That instrument is a Sitar
I won’t bore you with all the talk of sitars and tablas but if you’re interested in going down a rabbit hole, study Indian Classical music theory. SOME of these structures will make sense, though, this PARTICULAR song is a hybrid of a variety of Indian “styles” and beats… and of course George’s own interests.
George was getting into Indian music and eastern religion. He carried his association with Hare Krishna belief to the end of his life.
Great choice!
Jayy, the instrument you heard was a string instrument called the Sitar, Indian musician and Sitar player Ravi Shankar was a big influence on George and taught George how to play it. Singer Nora Jones is the daughter of the late Ravi Shankar.
George got the idea of using Eastern influences and instruments when he went to an Ashram in India to meet with the Maharishi Meshi Yogi and invited the rest of the Beatles and their wives to attend. He was fascinated by the Sitar and wanted to introduce it into their Music. The goal of the Beatles at that time was to take Music into new and unexplored areas.
He didn’t go to India until the year after this record. He’d already employed Indian instruments on two previous songs, Norwegian Wood and Love You To. He became interested in Indian music during the filming of Help, which contained a scene with an Indian orchestra.
I think the first song it was used on was Norwegian Wood. Another great song
Jayy, that "twang" instrument is a sitar. Check out some Ravi Shankar's music, who was friends with George Harrison. Shankar played at the Monterey International Pop Festival of 1967 too. I saw him when he toured with George in 1974.✌😎
Fun fact: Ravi Shankar has a daughter, the great singer/songwriter Norah Jones :)
The whole album (set) of Concert for Bangladesh " is a masterpiece, too. 👍
it's rufus t. firefly!
@@archangelmusic13 Smile when I say that! And before I speak, I have something important to say. I must confess, I was born at a very early age. Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough. 🥸
@@GrouchyMarx haha pardon me my name is captain spaulding i've always wanted to meet you
You are right, Jayy. That's right, the laughing means... derision of George's message, to me. Perfect sense, Jayy. Thank you.
Based on interviews I've read, the intent was to lighten the mood after the heft of the song's message.
George and the boys took the cultural legacy of thousands of years of Indian musical and spiritual traditions and brought them to the world. Much like Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows," this song used the rock & roll platform to raise the consciousness and awareness of an entire generation. There aren't enough words to describe how much the Beatles rewrote the rock & roll playbook. Using sitar and tabla, like an Indian raga piece, was unheard of outside of the subcontinent in 1966-67.
Not quite ‘unheard of’. Ravi Shankar was touring Europe and the USA in the late 1950’s, nearly ten years before George Harrison met him in London and later taught George Harrison some sitar techniques and cultural references, etc..
@@AlBarzUK Fair enough, but I'd ask, "How many people heard him play?" Even in the best of circumstances, the number would have to be quite small. Ravi Shankar was the man, but until the Beatles (and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones) brought the sitar into popular music, much of the western world had never heard its beautifully haunting sounds. It was before satellite programming, cable TV, and the Internet... the world was still a much bigger place than it is today.
Always loved this sound.
The laughing is actually the starting of the next song on the album.
Wrong it’s the end of Within you without you .
In the end, "Within You Without You" risked sounding over-serious on an album that included songs inspired by a child's drawing, a flirty parking-enforcement officer and an antique circus poster. So Harrison allowed for a final moment of levity: It was his idea to put a bit of laughter at the end of "Within You Without You," taken from a sound-effects tape in the Abbey Road library.
"I think he just wanted to relieve the tedium a bit," Martin said later. "George was slightly embarrassed and defensive about his work. I was always conscious of that. Perhaps I didn't devote as much attention to George as I had [to Lennon and McCartney]. I actually think 'Within You Without You' would have benefited a bit by being shorter, but it was a very interesting song. I find it more interesting now than I did then."
Read More: George Harrison Gets Deep on 'Within You Without You': The Story Behind Every ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song | ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-within-you-without-you/#?
@@cojayseathe laughter at the end works beautifully to help the transition into the more lighthearted and wholesome When I’m Sixty-four
Jayy, your exploration of the Beatles is top notch! I am so impressed by your insights and comments. You should have been around in the 60’s and 70’s when we were hippies and hearing this stuff in real time. That instrument you’re wondering about is called a sitar and it’s an Indian instrument that George was learning to play after the Beatles traveled to India and learned about meditation and music from a different point and a different place. Keep up this great work girl! 🌺✌️
Keep going with the Beatles. 👏
Love this song. The twangy sound is a south Asian stringed instrument called the sitar. About 25 years ago. One night out on my old front porch with this song, a good hit of acid, and a big fat blunt changed my world view forever.
Great song. Glad you reviewed it.
I'm glad you picked up on the spirituality so quickly.
The only Beatle in this recording is George. He had gotten into Indian philosophy and wanted to write about what he'd learned. He met these Indian musicians and asked them to play with him and the recording was made. BTW "without you" means outside of you. Life flows inside you and outside of you . People get so busy chasing material possessions, thinking thats the way to happiness and when they die they're still miserable and wasted their lives without searching for the truth and learning. Jesus said the same thing you're saying : "The kingdom of Heaven is within you". Harrison said that also in his song "The Inner Light" He got the lines from a poem in the Tao Te Ching . The first line is "Without going out of my door, I can see the ways of Heaven". (the answers are inside, "within you") .
He had started meditation at the time and he got this perspective from it .
i like your comments, thank you
George presents in this song music and spiritual insight from India. You hear the sitar, the tabla and the tambura. The lyrics present spiritual insight from Hindu teaching. The laughter at the end is humanity, once again, scoffing at and ignoring spiritual truth. They will continue their materialistic existence, rejecting the spiritual.
This kinds of leads to Ring of tribute to George called Never Without You. It's a beauty.
Great reaction, Jayy. Probably my favorite song on the Sgt. Pepper album.
The music is done by India musicians. The twang is from a sitar,which George learned from Ravi Shankar,after their visit to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The Beatles had a great producer, George Martin, who is known as, 'The 5th Beatle.' Martin blended well with The Beatles and from what I understand, had a big influence on their creative abilities. George Harrison was a Hindu, and this song has a strong Indian influence. The musical instrument, the Sitar, was used in this song.
It is because of songs like this, that Sargeant Pepper is sited as the first progressive rock album, which did come before, and help spawn "In the Court of the Crimson King"...more often sited as prog's genesis, so to speak.
I think this masterpiece today is the Beatles' finest moment, and it was George, alas, who crafted it.
Why "alas"?
@@sourisvoleur4854 George was given short shrift, when compared with the mighty Lennon-McCartney brand, and had fewer, yet sometimes better, contributions to the band.
@@MisterWondrous He did get the short end of the stick, to L&M's shame. His two contributions to Abbey Road are the two best songs on the album, hands down, in my opinion.
JAYY SHOW does it again! George Lives On 🕉️💟☮️
Indian instruments…George was big in to it
Love this phase 🤘❤️ the instrument is the sitar
george harrison`s input so mystical
One of my favorites by George and a true standout on Sgt. Pepper
so underated!
Trippy song
This came out when I was 12 years old, and I must admit it took me a few listens to wrap my head around it, but I ended up liking it and it is one of the things that makes Sgt Pepper so special. Another song of George's with Indian influences, but a more upbeat rhythm, is "The Inner Light", which was the flip side of the Lady Madonna 45 rpm single.
Love You To (off Revolver) is great too, but I feel like The Inner Light gets overlooked because it wasn't on an album...unless you count Past Masters.
😂ok girl that was a Sitar an Indian instrument and the way it works is you have twelve strings tuned to the chromatic scale which has all the notes there is so no matter which notes you play the strings under neath will vibrate due to the sympathetic resonance also the laughing at the end that was also at the end of a day in the life which was on the inner groove on the vinyl record and if you had an old turntable it would just keep playing
If it's an Hindu Temple, then you are right.
Deep, eh? Twang instrument is the Sitar. Harrison was inspired by Ravi Shankar and others.
the twang is a sitar the bowed instrument that sounds a bit like a clarinet is a dilruba.
i have a dilruba they are so much fun but get a 3/4 cello bow
It's a sitar an Indian instrument.
George ❤️🤘🇮🇹
George Harrison was the Spiritual Beatle.
If you like to sink in a collaboration of east west music, try the piece of Anoushka Shankar (daughter of sitar master Ravi and also a sitar master) and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. They play together the "Raga Piloo". It is one of the most awesome piece of music I'd ever listen to.
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Just like Zeppelin did The Beatles. Search for different influences
Beatles first Zeppelin later.
Sitar George playing
I usually skip this one on sgt pepper, b.c its too long for the monotone melody IMO.... THAT being said “love you too” & “the inner light” which are two other india/sitar inspired george songs are two of my very fave beatles songs ever....also, sgt pepper was the first album i ever had back in 1994 & i used to not skip it, so i know it well & it brings back good memories for me....i dont skip it to hate on it, ive just heard it 1000 times, & i think “mr. kite”, or “lively rita” follows “within u , without u” on pepper & these days id rather hear those songs instead....all this is meaning no offense to george, hes pretty much my fave beatle these days, he has been for about 10 years now
WOW! THIS is my FAVORITE TRACK of "Sgt. Pepper" I just LOVE it, I close my eyes and it totally relaxes me. I was lucky enough to attend a concert by Ravi Shankar (who TAUGHT George how to play the Sitar, and he studied under Ravi, for quite awhile) back in 1968 and it was the most mesmerizing and exciting concert I have ever been to. Totally turned me on to Indian (east Indian, not native-American) music. I love it.
People sometimes keep asking what was the first Beatle song you ever heard, I don´t know must have been bout 3- 4 years old. But I know for sure that the last one was The Inner Light when I bought the Past Masters 2 CD sometime in the mid 90´s. I like it it´s very George of that era.
listen to my remix of this song. i promise you it will blow you away.
that's a sitar. look it up, please.
It's a sitar