George harrison -fondly remembered.

[poppins]

I must have been in hiding, but just realised that Cilla Black really couldn't sing at all, not a bit. Really painful. Next act after her was Sandi Shaw, and it was like being woken from a nightmare with a nice cup of tea and reassurances that everything is okay.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxgHypEdeEU

 

Like nails down a chalkboard to me.

 

OMG what an awful voice

[JenC]

I enjoyed the first part, and seeing George watching himself and the others performing This Boy was especially good.

 

I'm glad George isn't being portrayed as a saint and we're being given a very human view of him as a person, despite his persona as the gentle one.

 

I'm also grateful that this programme has prompted me to listen more to The Beatles again because, for one reason or another, I've found a lack of desire to do so lately. Simply due to over familiarity, I'm sure.

 

Looking forward to part two tonight.

[R.B Flooring]

I'm looking forward to part 2 tonight as well. Hope they have Jeff Lynne talking about the traveling wilburys stuff that they all did together.

[janie48]

just watching 2nd part, its been a great programme.

george was a lovely man. glad he had a happy second marriage.

[Suffragette1]

I watched both parts last night and loved it, it made me love Harrison and his music more than ever. It is probably one of the best documentaries that I have ever seen, it moved me to tears yet there was nothing sentimental about it at all. Harrison, I always felt was the most underrated and understated of the 4 of them. Unlike Lennon and McCartney, he did not have their ginormous egos, was happy not to take centre stage all of the time and collaborate with other musicians.

 

The spirit of Harrison was conveyed beautifully, he was obviously a very captivating and engaging man and 'Here Comes The Sun' captures the essence of him, judging from the way in which he was described by numberous contributors. I did feel that McCartney's and Ono's tributes were the weakest and most disingenuous, there didn't appear to be an ounce of emotion or nostalgia in the former.

 

Phil Spector is one hell of a creepy guy, blimey, I can't look at him without being reminded of Austin Powers. He made me feel slightly queasy.

[Ousetunes]

Since the film was made Spector has been banged up for 19 years for murder and Neil Aspinall - ex-Beatles roadie and head of Apple - has sadly passed away.

 

Regarding the former, I almost feel sorry for the other inmates.

[TheGuy]

i am just watching the beatles songs from all different artists.

with the great shirley bassey singing "something" a song that was composed by george harrison --lovely song!

 

Elvis Presley singing Something is really good http://youtu.be/DttmNumGTfI and Joe Cocker did a great job with She Came In Through The Bathroom Window http://youtu.be/N1gUfCIaDvA

[Suffragette1]

Since the film was made Spector has been banged up for 19 years for murder and Neil Aspinall - ex-Beatles roadie and head of Apple - has sadly passed away.

 

Regarding the former, I almost feel sorry for the other inmates.

 

I forgot add 'murdering' to his list of qualities!

[JenC]

I enjoyed it overall, and there was a nice amount of footage I'd never seen before. I've changed my opinion of Ringo a little - he seemed to be one of the ones showing most affection and seeing him tear up when talking about his final moments with George was very touching.

[Suffragette1]

I enjoyed it overall, and there was a nice amount of footage I'd never seen before. I've changed my opinion of Ringo a little - he seemed to be one of the ones showing most affection and seeing him tear up when talking about his final moments with George was very touching.

 

Yes, I agree with you there, and found time to visit him in Switzerland when his own daughter was being treated for cancer in Boston. Whereas like I said, McCartney just discussed some old gripe and seemed hard pressed to say what he missed about George. I was not impressed.