George Harrison interview about the Beatles relationship - CBS This Morning 2/22/88
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Posted on the 35th anniversary of the broadcast. While promoting the video for "When Things Were Fab", GEORGE HARRISON was interviewed on CBS This Morning and it was broadcast February 22nd 1988. Harrison stated he was able to look back upon The Beatles through mature eyes and wanted to focus upon the positive aspects of being Fab and being hopeful that Paul would find common ground with him (McCartney had skipped The Beatles induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) while Ringo just remained "cute". cable to SuperBeta1 to mp4. #georgeharrison #thebeatles #interview #harrysmith #vintagetv #paulmccartney #ringostarr #johnlennon #kathleensullivan
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"I don't mid talking about The Beatles. Its just that I've never stopped talking about The Beatles"
As a guy born in 1950, I was on the entire ride of the Beatles from a U.S. perspective. George, you were awesome and a hero of mine! Thank you for so many good memories about music making and life!
RIP, George. You are loved and missed more than you could ever know.
Heartwarming statement from George. They really loved each other. It’s nice to know that they got over their complicated business troubles and be friends again.
@danfab4
7 ай бұрын
Yes❤ they really did love each other. They were a family and no family is perfect.
I still say that the closeness of the Beatles’ relationships was personal and long lasting. When George was close to dying, Paul came to his bedside and stayed with hm almost to the end. The four had a relationship that overruled their spats and competitiveness.
@johnnyringo9759
Жыл бұрын
That's what everyone would like to believe, but the truth is that they hated each other!!!
@melaniesweeten5401
Жыл бұрын
@@musicauthority7828 Paul also visited him in the hospital.
@gisellaluisabeltrami-mn7kz
Жыл бұрын
No, Ringo went to visit George in Switzerland months before his passing, while Paul visited him just short time before, holding his hand. George passed away in LA in Paul's House!!!
@chipbaskets9767
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnyringo9759 i disagree. they were very close and fond with one another, especially in the beginning up until the white album when they started going their own separate ways. Post-break up, i don’t think they “hated” each other, but because their disbanding wasn’t exactly amicable, there’s always this awkward giddiness and petty ego thumping when they met up afterwards.
@beachboys3326
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnyringo9759 Nonsense
This interview with George was nostalgic. I sense George was nostalgic too lamenting "We was loved." And he was and is for the legacy he left his fans. A gentleman. A creative genius. Honest man.
He’s smiling. When he’s Reminiscing about The Beatles your missed. George 🙏
George had the most soothing voice.Love listening to him ❤
George is so beautiful to watch, you could listen to him all day...every word is worth listening to , he has such a calm and reflective manner with a lot of wisdom. When we were Fab song captured so wonderfully the beatles core , it is such genius...then again a beatle wrote it !!
What can you say about this guy??? He is a legend and a prince among men. He was by far my favorite Beatle from the very start. He was a kind and gentle man. He had a huge heart and always gave so much of himself to others. He helped many groups to get recognized even putting his own self on a back burner or played with them to help put out a better album. He always put out great music. Some being quite comical like Crackerbox Palace and When we was FAB. The video that goes along with that song is something else. In response to my first question is, there is not enough I can say about this great man. The kids of today and tomorrow will never understand the greatness of this individual. If you made it this far. Thank you very much for your valuable time!!!
There's been so much written (especially online these days) about how much animosity there was among the members of The Beatles, and how bitter they were, especially George. But this video clip proves how much love there was among the four of them. It was like any divorce really -- at first you only remember the bad times, but as the years past, hopefully the good memories also come back. In fact, these guys were more like brothers than bandmates. You can see it in the way George talks about those years.
@anneteller3128
Жыл бұрын
Well, George said it all when he said, "We loved John and we loved Paul." There were never these kinds of fights and disagreements in the Beatles in their early years. John, Paul and George had been together since teens and were close as brothers. Ringo came in later but was accepted right away by the other 3 Beatles. Then, George said in one of his interviews that something happened in late 1966 that changed everything. And, that's when the bickering started. A guy like Paul doesn't just go overnight from giving deference to John as the founder and leader of the band and being willing to allow John to be alpha dog to his beta dog and being humble and having humility -- to suddenly, developing a large ego, bickering with all the band members, lawyering up, insisting that things be done his way, and all the rest. It's not difficult to connect the dots. George talks about it as much as he was allowed to in one of his interviews. It did get better with time, and they were able to do a few things together, eventually. It's being disclosed slowly, but when it's officially out for the public, it will all make sense.
@janetownley
Жыл бұрын
As you said, “especially online these days” - gossipy internet nonsense by people who don’t appreciate good music 😊
@Lily_The_Pink972
7 ай бұрын
I get sick and tired of reading all this retrospective rubbish about The Beatles. All friends have disagreements and fall out from time to time. They lived an intense life in a goldfish bowl for so long. Is it any wonder things got difficult, especially after Brian Epstein died? Loved them in 62 when I was 10. Still love them now at 71 ❤
Fame never sat easy with George but he was very honest and frank in his interviews
The picture of George on the cover of the Cloud Nine album is one of my top favorite pictures of him. It just seems to say: "I don't give a crap I'm going to have a good time."
@RexHrothgar1
6 ай бұрын
George called that photo on the cover of “Cloud Nine” his “Spot the Looney” shot.
maybe i'm old. but i am amazed by the output of all those guys in 7 years. and the fact my granddaughter at 4 loves the beatles. when we was fab....
They were like brothers and all brothers have spats but they still love eachother. They literally grew up together, practically lived together and worked very hard at their music together. Brothers. Extraordinary people. I just saw Beatles Love in Vegas for the fourth time and still I feel like a kid at a concert, singing my lungs out to their incredibly fun music. Timeless. ❤
What a lovely man! Thankyou George.
As soon as the Hard Day's Night footage appears here I felt launched back to a time before Problems, it's such a jubilant feeling that film and those songs evoke. RIP George.
@jonaszepog1829
2 ай бұрын
Just watched the whole movie, and it's quite the masterpiece...
Only 4 of them and they will forever be remembered as the phenomenon of the 20th century. So happy I grew up with their music starting at age 12. Every morning waking up to a new single they just released.
@frlango6082
Жыл бұрын
Not quite
@frlango6082
Жыл бұрын
Not quite 4
@user-fu2mi1nd5l
9 ай бұрын
That ole rascal Billy.@@frlango6082
Yes, there’s a whole lot of love for The Beatles! It was wonderful to Julian at the Hall of Fame induction.
The greatest and most influential band EVER!
@Shrink51
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely without a Doubt !!
@garymorris1856
Жыл бұрын
@@Shrink51 Yes!!
@gltglt8624
10 ай бұрын
It was really good Yoko Ono was blowing the whole band
@garymorris1856
10 ай бұрын
@@gltglt8624 And how would you know such a thing?
@steveconn
6 ай бұрын
Depends. Stones probably influenced more straight rock bands and better players.
Thank you for this video. What a humble man, it’s really a shame Paul didn’t go to the rock n roll hall of fame induction.. my sweet lord is my favorite song of all time to this day ❤
Thanks for posting this -- i had never seen this particular interview with George and I enjoyed hearing his positivity and good feeling towards his Beatles years!
Rest in peace and birthday wishes to George Harrison 2 26 The songwriting talent of the members of the Beatles guaranteed their place as well as position in music history. When the future wants to comprehend who we were, they will listen to What is life something and of course, My sweet Lord
@stephenstone8480
Жыл бұрын
George's Birthday is Feb. 25th...
@reneehurt387
Жыл бұрын
@Stephen Stone thank you for sharing
I’m so happy to see footage I haven’t seen before. Love George, miss him so much though he would hate that kind of adulation. But they are indeed loved. John, Paul & Ringo too. Rest In Peace George ❤
“When We Was Fab” is a GREAT record! And George was a very deep person. His son Dhani is a dead ringer for a young George!
@robertthacher
Жыл бұрын
Fab is a superior piece of work. Sad to lose him so soon!
Aww...LOVE George! I just saw an interview with Julian on Kevin Nealons 'hiking' show. He spent time at Georges house before he passed. They watched Peter Sellers movies all weekend, and he talked about how funny George was! He said he and Sean are very close, and you could see his concern for Sean at the HOF ceremony. The four Beatles were 'lightning in a bottle', and there will never be 4 close group members like that again! ( Ringo IS cute!)
@georgestevens1502
Жыл бұрын
George Martin produced Peter Sellers comedy records, and The Beatles had listened to those records before they knew George Martin. They had a positive feeling about Martin because of the Sellers records.
great interview!
I like this interview with George more than I do some of the others where his saltiness or resentment towards Paul was oozing out of him while overshadowing his "love everyone, and peace" attitude which he professed. This interview is more in line with the good side of George where the salt is left on the table.
Humble to the end... Just love his philosophy and spirituality about life. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤
Gold
George visited Siegfried Reinhardt and heard us play. George enjoyed our music, it was fun to meet him!
Never saw this before today. Thank you
Out of the 4, George's music post beatles is the most Beatle esque.
Paul and George's relationship continued to be strained for most of the remaining years after this 1988 interview, and was really tense during and after the Beatles Anthology project. It took the cancer diagnoses of Linda McCartney and Harrison himself in 1996-1997 to really bring the men closer again.
@musicauthority7828
Жыл бұрын
As the alliances worked out. Paul and John were hanging together. and George and Ringo were hanging together. toward the end of the Beatles.
@vgr112261
Жыл бұрын
Not true
@martinone9
Жыл бұрын
@@vgr112261I think it’s true…Paul’s body language every time George said something came off as nervous and uneasy. John and George were very different from Paul and Ringo.
@aarfeld
Жыл бұрын
There was also a bit of a sharp edge to George's humor in the interviews given for the Anthology, and you can see Paul just sort of letting it roll off of his back. But it was certainly palpable.
@Better_Call_Raul
Жыл бұрын
@@martinone9 You could feel the tension between George and Paul when they played that little set at Anthology. George didn't really want to be playing with him.
Nice to see Dhani Harrison and Julian Lennon in the background during George's HoF speech.
@tt-du6vc
Жыл бұрын
That is Sean Lennon with Julian.
Can't wait to have the time to sit and binge the new Get Back documentary my wife got me for Christmas because she finally new about something I really wanted and I wouldn't buy it for myself. Nobody has ever seen this side of The Beatles! Coming into the studio sitting down and playing, singing whatever idea one had been rolling around in his head and then bouncing it off the other 3 lads and every one of those young men brought their contributions and bounced whatever parts they had thought up and it's happening for the first time! Were actually watching those songs being formed for the first time. IDK, maybe I'm fanboying but that seems super interesting to me
@thefonzkiss
Жыл бұрын
It was on the Let It Be movie 53 years ago, but thanks for the life story.
@mikeclark3013
Жыл бұрын
You will enjoy it!
@davidallison5529
Жыл бұрын
Ringo and McCartney have expressed surprise, in retrospect, to see themselves still having fun in those Get Back sessions. It made them re-remember that time quite differently. In the early 70's their relationships were portrayed in the media as jealous, angry and bitter. But it really wasn't that bad. As we all know, they primarily had a disagreement about business, which was later resolved. Although yes, George was stifled in the group and wanted to do more of his own songs rather than 2 per album. In 72-73 Lennon was portrayed in the mass media as hating McCartney. I just watched a Lennon interview from that time in which he described Maca as 'my best friend', that he and Yoko had Paul over for dinner that week. That alleged animosity was really manufactured in the media, notably by Rolling Stone's hit piece on McCartney. The media, and fans, wanted someone to blame for the parting of ways. The Fabs themselves often said that families have fights and get past it. There was simply too much pressure on these men in their 20's. They made the sane decision and got past it. Peter Jackson has done fans a great service by, I believe, a proper portrayal of those last sessions.
@SunshineSuperstar
7 ай бұрын
@@davidallison5529That clip of John calling Paul his best friend in the 70s exists... it was on the Mike Douglas show!
@davidallison5529
7 ай бұрын
@@SunshineSuperstar Yes, thanks. That was it. It sucks when close friendships get played-out in media, making a molehill into a mountain. Fame often destroys people.
The great George said the Beatles gave their nervous systems.
A favorite interview regarding The Beatles. The sound and the fury had pretty much passed by then.
He had great hair
@ClevelandLiveMusic
Жыл бұрын
And trousers...oh that was The Rutles
Julian Lennon was such a mensch! Love him!
Fab… and George’s album Cloud Nine was co-written and produced by the Great Jeff Lynne (ELO) ❤
I have to use that one “it’s wonderful to be here it’s certainly a thrill.” I already use “a splendid time is guaranteed for all.”
George, you weren’t just a Beatle. We loved you for you. We miss you.
I went to school with a guy named Randy and he looked exactly like Ringo . Like thousands of other girls I was in love with George
My favourite Beatle.
Everything put together by us eventually falls apart.
I was a teenager in 1964 when they came to America. The Beatles were soooo popular but they began to fade at the end of the 1960's as their music radically changed and then the breakup! The original incarnation of 'CBS This Morning' made its debut on November 30, 1987, with hosts Harry Smith, and former 'Good Morning America' news anchor Kathleen Sullivan.
Thank George 😊.
I love "the" U2 and the Beatles! 5:37
Well im chillin by Bhakdevidanta manor (the hare krishna temple George bought for the movement) the music is flowing , spliffs and coffee-ssssh lol , and all I can say is what our sweet George would say and it is this: HARE KRISHNA !!!
I can't believe he was only 45 at this point -- I'm almost that age now and I haven't got a 25 year successful career behind me! (Anyway I'd never seen that 1 before, thanks.)
@Rowlph8888
Жыл бұрын
What have you been doing with yourself? Come on dude… Pull your finger out!
Isn’t it a pity now isn’t it a shame how we break each other’s hearts And cause each other pain🙏
@user-fu2mi1nd5l
9 ай бұрын
He wrote that one in 1966.
We do love the boys to bits!
A whole lotta love ❤🥰😍✌🏻
George the second best Beatle, just a tick under John.
@ClevelandLiveMusic
Жыл бұрын
If you were named Paul, would you chose differently?
@hw343434
Жыл бұрын
@@ClevelandLiveMusic No
@Rowlph8888
Жыл бұрын
@@ClevelandLiveMusic i Think in the last 2 years of the Beatles Harrison's output was Slightly more original, Funky, Artistic, groundbreaking and Interesting that McCartneys.. Johns was beyond Both, though
@johnnyringo9759
Жыл бұрын
Pete Best was the heart and soul of the Beatles!!!
@musicauthority7828
Жыл бұрын
George Harrison was the youngest and yet the most talented member of the Beatles. he went on to prove that with his solo works, and with the Traveling Wilbury's. but John Lennon was really close behind him.
I like how the video starts with a reconstruction of George’s time on LSD.
@frlango6082
Жыл бұрын
Ahaha fuckin laughin yeah…and that presenter needed a wig or what
I love what George had to say it was nice that Paul saw him before he died he should have been with George and ringo when the Beatles got inducted into the rock and roll hall of Fame but what's done is done I'm sure John would have been there if he was still alive
45! I’m older than George now and he’s older than my dad! 1988 was legit yesterday. One thing remains- The BEATLES ARE FAB- both together & solo ☮️❤️✌🏻
I love the guys as guys!! When I first saw this I hated the fact that Paul decided not to show up!!! I was like C'mon Paul, John is gone you shouldn't have taken that opportunity to make a statement about Beatle politics!! These guys will forever be relevant even after they're all gone!! They helped me at the age of 14 discover music and 44 years later I Still Love THE BEATLES!!! I SAID IT!!
@vgr112261
Жыл бұрын
The other two were suing him. I’d be PO’d also.
Shocked...and stunned.
Paul was a knob for not showing at the hall..George was always the coolest Beatle in my eyes.
@jesusislukeskywalker4294
Жыл бұрын
Billy didn’t show up..
Interesting to hear U2 being compared to the Beatles in this, I never realised U2 were that popular and bigger than all the rest in the late 80s.
@dustbinfilms
4 ай бұрын
don't you mean The U2?
I feel for all four of the band . The famous line up John Paul George and Ringo were only together as a band for 8 years and have since spent the remainder of their lives being asked about their time together and if they were ever gonna reform.. They grew up.. They all had singing and songwriting abilities and it came to the time to choose their own paths in life and persue what they felt inside and what they could contribute to the music industry.. George was stifled in the band by John and Paul.. Mostly Paul from what I gather and Ringo was happy to keep the peace and go along with it all.. Leave them alone surely they have deserved that right?
4:00 George thinkin' that Ringo is cute is pretty wholesome
For 'cute' read, 'slightly pissed up.' Thankfully, Ringo got passed that difficult phase.
George was the only living Beatle who remembered it all correctly.
Thanks for the vertigo!
From 1980 to 2001, there were only two Beatles left.
The Beatles position in time in civilization is colossal. Just how big of a footprint the four of them have is unexplainable. To be sure there are certain events that shaped society on a global scale. The automobile, nuclear fusion, the computer etc. And the Beatles.
I’ve been watching these dudes ever since they got off the plane liked some of their music not all of it. I think Ringo had the best attitude just keep laughing all the way to the bank. Maybe that’s why he’s still living and looks younger than his age.
He's gonna be 45 years old. Wow, so young sounding now.
Peaceful and poignant. Thank you
Nice.
When We Was Fab was a great Beatles pastiche, better than the finished Anthology demos.
@ClevelandLiveMusic
6 ай бұрын
agree 100%
Should have had a guy in a Walrus costume to stand in for Paul
George, the wise man.
@jacquismith3277
Жыл бұрын
And how!
"Farmer George❤" Keith Richard xxxxx
The Beatles should have done a limited re-united tour with Julian Lennon, taking his Dad's place because Julian is the spitting image of John. Same with Led Zeppelin, using John Bonham's son on drums. I'd heard maybe 35 years ago, CBS offered the Beatles $100 million to reunite on The Letterman show, with Julian.
I didn't know George Harrison was in The Beatles !!!😮
I think George was about truth. As the spiritual Beatle, one could count on honesty from him.
☮️💟
The U2? I didn't know what she was talking about for a second. I thought she was saying, "The KZread."..................TV commentators get everything wrong. Katie Couric said, "What is Internets?"
George was right. Rongo has always been cute 😂
George Harrison (Liverpool, 25 de febrero de 1943-Los Ángeles, 29 de noviembre de 2001)
"Just like taking your suit off that's all dyeing is really" ...George Harrison
George was the best musission off the beatles But without the others he would be as good as he was Love this guy
@lgk55
Жыл бұрын
George was not the best musician, Paul was the strongest musician initially. And hey all improved.
@michaeldillon1027
Жыл бұрын
Paul was the best musician and those who know anything about music know that.
George...always sincere
They all should have gotten together on an album and called themselves "HMS"........."Harrison, McCartney, and Starr"!
@L0REN0R2Z0RR0
Жыл бұрын
Macca wanted to change the Yesterday credits to "McCartney Lennon", but you think he'd be okay with his name in the middle..??
@user-fu2mi1nd5l
9 ай бұрын
Why not call it Magical Mystery Tour?
Ringo's humour😅..smh...hes funny. And George is brilliant "sigh.. anyway"..😅👍🏻
Nice to see George in such a good mood. Mind you, if McCartney had done such an interview, George would have been sneering, 'He's only talking about us because he's got an album to sell'.
@lgk55
Жыл бұрын
I don’t know what it was with George, when he wrote the song ‘Wah wah” I thought he was talking about himself. When he gave an interview after being attacked in his home and his wife helped to save him, all he could say after is that there really wasn’t much to keep him to this earth, well perhaps his son? I thought, what about your wife who saved your life? I found that strange. He was always cheating, did he simply not value women? I am asking because I don’t get that.
Red-haired Julian looks like the lead singer of Simply Red 3:10
@frlango6082
Жыл бұрын
Don t
Paul should have been there
@user-fu2mi1nd5l
9 ай бұрын
Everyone forgets that Paul was the only one at the Grammy's when they won for "Let it Be".
@garretdean7689
9 ай бұрын
@user-fu2mi1nd5l your right, I forgot that . Good point 👉
George was such a thoughtful, engaging guy.
Thank God that Shaun Lennon is included with George Harrison
@Calers-gu1ib
8 ай бұрын
Yoko probably forced them to take him so they could get more money from her for Julian.
But why did paul fail to attend to Georges induction ceremony? And did George reciprocate that move in 1999 when it was paul's turn? I mean grudges aside , was there a specific reason for paul not attending George's special event
@gabrielflorencio9888
Жыл бұрын
I think that George was going through his cancer treatment at the time. He would die in 2001 in Paul's house
@lgk55
Жыл бұрын
I guess maybe because George didn’t come to his which happened before Georges.
@chathammkm
8 ай бұрын
I read somewhere that there was a lawsuit going on Paul vs George and Ringo. That's why it was impossible for him to attend.
Paul & John wrote songs that appeased the mind (which is great) George wrote songs that touched the Soul . R.I.P brother . Your soul lives on 🙏
Paul and John would get so absorbed in song writing they would treat George and Ringo disrespectfully.
@bernardcrowley
Жыл бұрын
Hogwash, they were miles above him in talent
@Rowlph8888
Жыл бұрын
@@bernardcrowley BS! Harrison was a genius. In the last couple of years,he arguably was the Best songwriter with his output over that period. Certainly, only John output compares, in that period, with happiness is a warm gun, Glass onion, I want you, she's so Heavy, come together, don't let me down, Because, Hey bulldog, The ballad of John and Yoko, Crybaby cry and revolution". McCartney was just commercial in that period, not groundbreaking or Original, except for "I've got a feeling", "oh darling Helter-skelter and Lady Madonna", which are great masterpieces. "Let it be, long and Winding Road, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, and Golden slumbers" are soppy, sentimental, banal stuff, which was saved by and are easy on the ear, Due to McCartney's angelic ballad voice/vocal. They are prominent when you 1st listen to the Beatles, but as soon as You become a mature listener, you realise that "Something, while my guitar gently weeps, old Brown Shoe, Here comes the sun and Within you/Without you" are much more mature and artistic songs than those shallow, self-indulgent songs
@christopher9152
Жыл бұрын
In the early years no doubt. Hard to hold that against them when their songwriting partnership was the primary reason why they became so successful.
@Rowlph8888
Жыл бұрын
@@musicauthority7828 there is evidence in the video sessions that John helped George with some of his songwriting.Not in a fundamental sense, but hearing him out and giving tacit support and occasional "actual input"
@Twotontessie
Жыл бұрын
@@christopher9152 yes and they were under tremendous pressure to work quickly. Everybody had a job to do and no time for messing around and moping.
3:04 What did Ringo say???
I miss George and all, but I forgot how smokin' hot cohost Kathleen Sullivan was.
I find it quite odd about Paul how he kept fighting about royalties with his band mates to the point where their friendship almost got destroyed, and few years down the road he let some model squeeze 50 mio. out of him