Within me without you

While some listeners initially thought it was the sound of the other Beatles mocking his songwriting effort, it was in fact meant to lighten the mood after five minutes of sad, almost mournful, music. It was a very long piece — maybe 30 or 40 minutes — and was written in different parts, with a progression in each, within me without you.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Written by lead guitarist George Harrison , it was his second composition in the Indian classical style, after " Love You To ", and inspired by his stay in India in late with his mentor and sitar teacher Ravi Shankar. Recorded in London without the other Beatles, it features Indian instrumentation such as sitar, tambura , dilruba and tabla , and was performed by Harrison and members of the Asian Music Circle. The recording marked a significant departure from the Beatles' previous work; musically, it evokes the Indian devotional tradition, while the overtly spiritual quality of the lyrics reflects Harrison's absorption in Hindu philosophy and the teachings of the Vedas. The song was Harrison's only composition on Sgt.

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While some listeners initially thought it was the sound of the other Beatles mocking his songwriting effort, it was in fact meant to lighten the mood after five minutes of sad, almost mournful, music. It was a very long piece — maybe 30 or 40 minutes — and was written in different parts, with a progression in each. I recorded in three segments and spliced them together later. He and Neil Aspinall played tamburas while Indian musicians performed traditional instruments. Recording began on 15 March

Within me without you

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Written by lead guitarist George Harrison , it was his second composition in the Indian classical style, after " Love You To ", and inspired by his stay in India in late with his mentor and sitar teacher Ravi Shankar. Recorded in London without the other Beatles, it features Indian instrumentation such as sitar, tambura , dilruba and tabla , and was performed by Harrison and members of the Asian Music Circle.

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The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. Sunday 24 November Davies, Hunter []. Totally agree. It would be nice to see this entry updated with their names! Moore says that "Within You Without You" serves as the album's "cleverest pastiche", performed in a free jazz style reminiscent of Ornette Coleman or Don Cherry. This deconstructed video shows a segment for isolated dilruba, sitar, acoustic guitar and strings. It also influenced the philosophical direction of many of Harrison's peers during an era of utopian idealism marked by the Summer of Love. San Francisco Examiner. What IS this? The song is a big turnoff.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band that directly connects with the emerging counterculture movement. And it's hardly a Beatles song at all.

Archived from the original on 24 September You can hear it at approximately , which actually is the very end of the recoding of the Indian instruments. Retrieved 15 February USA Today. I should mention that I play an open back banjo, and with a mute attached. Record Mirror. Recording began on 15 March And I can only think of one element I like of the entire musical arrangement- a little repeating sitar line early in the instrumental break. Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions. When he had good songs, they got featured. A beautiful melding of Eastern and Western instruments.