The Beatles, Within You Without You - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Analysis / Excerpts

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Is it Eastern music? Is it Western? Is it Classical? Is it Rock? Is it Indian? It’s just US!

Sgt. Pepper's Musical Revolution - Movie Watch

Here’s the link to the original song by The Beatles:

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[LeeKennison]

I absolutely loved this reaction, along with my rediscovery of how profound this piece is, both musically and lyrically. An interesting glimpse into how Eastern thought and music had a big impact on the very Western George, and in turn on the hippie movement and the Summer of Love. Peace and love, along with being open to a different way of seeing things. This Eastern influence remained with George for the rest of his life. For me the laughter at the end reflects that George and his friend were so deep into their philosophical discussion, that they tuned everyone else at the party out, with the other people returning to their awareness as the conversation wrapped up. They had been "within", and the crowd was "without."

[jamesrowe]

This track made my respect for George Harrison, as a songwriter, rocket exponentially. Lyrically and musically, it was a complete paradigm shift for The Beatles and elevated George's status to the level he richly deserved.

[Bassman]

Phenomenal reaction, Amy. I was astonished with your interpretation of a dance between the inner light and the outer light in the music and lyrics of "...life goes on within you and without you". I can hardly imagine that George had any awareness of ancient Hebrew implications of Genesis 1:3, but your musings hit me like a thunderbolt. I have a special reverence of this song as the true beginning of the musical genre known as World Fusion; your analysis is one of the best I have ever seen. "A Day in the Life" deserves its place as one of, if not the, greatest Beatles song; "Within You Without You" is certainly one of, if not the, most revolutionary.

[freespyrit]

Great reaction o a great album and song. The varied flavours of Sergeant Pepper's showed and exposed the beauty and wisdom and synchronicity of all cultures and lives.

[Trendyflute]

That tidbit about this stemming from a conversation between Harrison and Voormann is making me realize part of why Sgt. Pepper is so special is how every song somehow involves being present: Lonely Hearts Club Band IS taking the stage, I GET help from my friends, Lucy is IN the sky with diamonds, you ARE fixing a hole, she IS leaving home, foreseeing when I AM 64...reflecting on a conversation or reading the news or seeing a film, etc. From music hall to indian microtonal, from slice of life to the cosmic, Sgt. Pepper is repeatedly extrapolating some greater meaning from a moment. Brilliant insight.

[geirnordhagen]

Hi, Amy. Love all your reactions, have been watching a long time, but not commented before. Just wanted to point out that, yes, it takes years or decades of study to become a sitar master, and George was very aware of this, being a great friend of Ravi Shankar. Just because he was influenced by Indian music and philosophy / religion, didn’t mean that he saw himself as some kind of master. But it connected deeply with him, and stayed with him for the rest of his life ! Just about any interview with him from this point on contained pearls of wisdom, but also stayed level headed with a great sense of humor. Geir, Norway. 👋👍

[KierAce]

I always thought this song meshes so well with Ringo's contribution to the album. "We are all just small, but if we take our eyes off ourselves, with our love you'll see that we can get by with a little help from our friends." :D

[XFLexiconMatt]

This song opened up the audience to international music, thanks to this track, folks like Peter Gabriel would explore a lot of international music and even start his own label, George showed the beauty of non western music.

[alanmusicman]

While "A Day in the Life" is an object lesson in how to fuse together several fragments of unfinished songs into one superb whole, this track is also an object lesson in how to meld together musical textures from several traditions into a superb whole. The lyrics speak fundamental truths as well - all of which makes this track - for me - the standout item on a stand out album.

[BrennanYoung]

I've been eagerly awaiting this. Extraordinary musical insights are provided here. We approach the infinite. When Sgt. Pepper ultimately finds its place in history, Amy's observations will be key to understanding everything about the 20th century.

[d.l.]

@Amy You'll be interested watching this interview
Sgt Pepper Harpist Recalls Playing On 'She's Leaving Home' and Meets Ringo Starr For The First Time.

[-R.Gray-]

One of George's big influences at the time was the book Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda, which was given to him by Ravi Shankar as an introduction to Hinduism. George used to give copies to his friends, like Gary Wright, who based his song "Dreamweaver" on a line from a Yogananda book. If you look at the Sgt. Peppers album cover, George chose to put Yogananda and 3 of that succession line of gurus there. See the Ravi Shankar segment of The Concert For George, with a piece written for the occasion by Shankar, and played by a group of Indian musicians, and one played on sitar by his daughter Anoushka.

[yes_head]

I love how much this song -- maybe more than any other Beatles song she's heard to date -- inspired Amy to jump on the harp and just belt out the vocal melodies. She clearly loved it! This song was SO ahead of its time. The rest of the album was as well, but I have a feeling when hippies in 1967 got to this track there were more than a few jaws on the floor.

[DaleEloph]

The Inner Light is also a cool Indian George Harrison song.

[trainsrunning]

Thanks again, Amy - wonderful to hear bits of the tune on your harp. Rooted in western tradition? Take a bow George Martin, with your ‘slurpy cellos’ and pizzicato touches - perfect orchestration! Nice engineering, too, from the close-mic’d tabla to the sparkling swormandel - extra texture for teenage ears in 1967 and, really, unmatched since then.

[budspencer]

I always look forward to the call and response section between Eastern and Western instruments. It sounds conversational.

[craigwells]

These teachings are rooted in truth, which is one, expounded in the East and West. All teachers are consistent with their words. We get interpretations and translations depending on the awareness of the reporter. George was one of the few artists to share the reality of the spiritual world and our relationship to our sweet lord.

[richardfehlmann]

❤ Wonderful to watch this new reaction 👌😃
I'm very happy that you watched and enjoyed the Sgt. Pepper documentay 🤞😃
I very much like that suddenly Smetana's Moldau comes to your mind, a very nice association. Nothing like that came into my mind, and this aspect I appreciate so much in your reactions. Your associations always open up surprisingly new aspects to me 👌😀

[mauri_gno]

Another magnificent piece of music. If I had to choose two best songs from sgt Pepper, I would pick this one and A day in he life. Difficult to add something with words to what the music and lyrics express. Anyway, as always very nice reaction.

[celt]

To think he went from 'Dont Bother Me' to this in around 4 years.