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The Beatles — Within You Without You
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lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 12:44
 
Allright.

All comments from the fall of 2012 must now be expunged from the official record.

This is the Beatles and this is manifestly brilliant.

Look - I can't be objective because I fell in love at 12, explored every aspect of the band deeply and the songs, the albums, the phenomenom and the individual lives mean so much more to me.

But the folks who were negative this fall are entitled to their er... opinions.

Johray63
(The Lowlands)
Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 21:34
 
Of course I listen to it differently than I used to, but that doesn't mean it can't be meaningful, anymore.

BTW: If the cynical, blase comments represent what's new, than I maybe prefer what's dated. 

philbertr
(Roch New York)
Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 17:02
 
Oh my!  The haters are out in force.  But they're wrong.  This is genius.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 09:04
 

This is a brilliant song from the single best album of all time... Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a theme album—  all of the songs have collective meaning for the overall message of the album...

"Within You Without You" is the first song on the second side of the good old LP...  the lyrics are literal and they sum up the meaning of the songs on the first side of the album—

We were talking—about the space
between us all
And the people—who hide themselves
behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth—then it's far
too late—when they pass away.
We were talking—about the love we all
could share—when we find it
To try our best to hold it there—with
our love
With our love—we could save the world
—if they only knew.

the original vinyl LP for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has the lyrics printed on the back—  a list of poems that define the plot of the album...

 

tutakea
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 08:52
 
dated???? this is the most ridiculous remark posssible!
had to raise this from a 9 to a 10...
 
i was never a true fan of the beatles, but genius is genius is genius. period.

southcoastsounds
Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 23:53
 
It sounds terribly dated now - and boring!

fredoki
(France)
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 06:23
 
Boring

ycb661
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 06:21
 
pass the hookah

joelbb
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 16:55
 
C'mon, Bill.  This cut was only interesting back in the day when the Universal Light was lit and spinning along with the doobies.  Don't think I can listen to it without a lava lamp in the room.  There is FAR better Classical Indian to be played than George "Mediocre Guitarist" Harrison's efforts.  And the lyrics... "What trippy words, man! Far out, man!  Just dig on the MESSAGE**, man!  I mean, like, I am one, you are one, we are one, The West is Won, man!"  This is where John Lennon went all fatuous on us.

**We are wealthy occidentals who bought into this guru bullshit.

jocelynsart
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 16:44
 
I know I'm in the minority, but I've always found this gimmicky sounding.

wlpendley
(New Mexico)
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 19:07
 
Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 19:04
 
 katiediddler wrote:

Thanks, Romeo. Beside the wonderfully varied and vital music on RP, the reason I tune in is to learn something about the music I love and am being introduced to. Comments like yours make this a very fulfilling experience, day in and day out. It's grease for the grind.
 

Somehow I missed your post—  thank you!  Hope you are having a great time right this minute...

love this song...  love this whole incredible album...

EDIT:  Now I see that I did respond to your post...  well, I mean it all again!
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 21:24
 
 haretic wrote:
Certainly, one of the greatest songs of all time.
The very epitome of "Godlike."
{#Meditate}
 

Yes...  love it...




Bozo
(Steeler Penguin Pirate land)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 05:33
 
How amazing this song was due to the fact that less than two years before they were those loveable mop-tops:  the impact of George Martin upon their maturing musicianship can never be underestimated

marmelock
(Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 05:06
 
what a relief after Jane's Addiction

haretic
(toward Abad, just south of Maitri)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 10:42
 
Certainly, one of the greatest songs of all time.
The very epitome of "Godlike."
{#Meditate}


 romeotuma wrote:


This song sums up the thematic meaning of the album...  this is a seminal song from the greatest album in the history of humanity...  love it...


 
 



1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 10:39
 
This song has traveled through time very well. 



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 10:36
 


This song is soooo good for the external auditory meatus...
 

Canlistener
(Ontario Canada)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 10:36
 
Painful...

Templar13
(Silver Spring, MD)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 17:07
 
All bow to George's superior Kung Fu!  He was soooooooo far ahead of his time.  
{#Notworthy}
 


Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 17:01
 
beautiful...sensuous...hypnotic...iconic.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 17:00
 


This song sums up the thematic meaning of the album...  this is a seminal song from the greatest album in the history of humanity...  love it...


 

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 02:43
 
A thousand years ago, when I bought my first copy of Sgt Pepper - I always skipped this song, cause I thought it didn't fit on the album. Much like "Money" on Dark Side of the Moon, or "Give A Little Bit" on Quietest Moments.  A 'black sheep' track.

Now, 40 years on, I love it...and strangely enough - it DOES fit on the album. 

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 10:04
 
 acolt wrote:
So I know pretty much every Beatles song on this site gets a 1-to-2 point ratings bump just by virtue of being by the Beatles, but I can't rate this any higher than a 2. It's just not fun or pleasing to listen to. To me at least.
 
I second that emotion.

acolt
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 10:03
 
So I know pretty much every Beatles song on this site gets a 1-to-2 point ratings bump just by virtue of being by the Beatles, but I can't rate this any higher than a 2. It's just not fun or pleasing to listen to. To me at least.

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 10:03
 
Love the Beatles. Hate this song with a passion. Horrible.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 10:03
 
 ziakut wrote:
Gee...if this were not a Beatles tune...and NOT on Sgt. Pepper's album...it would most certainly NOT get such a high rating. These same voters would bow out of a high score for the tune if it were written and performed by some unknown middle eastern artist. Hmm..."It's the Beatles, man...gotta give it a high score!"....I personally like this...but it's not because it's Beatles.

 

"Middle Eastern????" Nuff said......

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 10:02
 


This song is as good as it gets...


George Harrison Documentary Will Premiere on HBO

A new documentary about the life of George Harrison featuring home movies, interviews and unseen footage of the late Beatle will premiere on HBO in October. George Harrison: Living in the Material World, a film produced by Martin Scorcese along with Harrison's widow Olivia, is set to air in two parts on October 5th and 6th.

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 16:04
 


We be dancing...  love it...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 12:10
 
 katiediddler wrote:

Thanks, Romeo. Beside the wonderfully varied and vital music on RP, the reason I tune in is to learn something about the music I love and am being introduced to. Comments like yours make this a very fulfilling experience, day in and day out. It's grease for the grind.
 


Thank you!  Hope all is well with you...  love this song...

 

katiediddler
(one of the dominoes, hopefully near the back)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 12:01
 
 romeotuma wrote:


"We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion..."

With this song, the Beatles define the literal meaning of the thematic structure of the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...  the entire album is about the barriers people put between each other, and the illusions people hide behind...

the cover of the album, which shows the Beatles as real people alongside the Sergeant Pepper's band in full consume, symbolizes the masks people hide behind—  the real image of the Beatles versus the image of them in costume playing a part...

this is the best album of all time, not only because the music is soooo good, but because it is so profound...

Pink Floyd touches on the same theme, with The Wall representing the barriers that people wrap around themselves...

both albums are like Shakespeare in their high art...

 

 
Thanks, Romeo. Beside the wonderfully varied and vital music on RP, the reason I tune in is to learn something about the music I love and am being introduced to. Comments like yours make this a very fulfilling experience, day in and day out. It's grease for the grind.



Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:57
 
 ziakut wrote:
Gee...if this were not a Beatles tune...and NOT on Sgt. Pepper's album...it would most certainly NOT get such a high rating. These same voters would bow out of a high score for the tune if it were written and performed by some unknown middle eastern artist. Hmm..."It's the Beatles, man...gotta give it a high score!"....I personally like this...but it's not because it's Beatles.

 

Yeppers.  {#Yes}

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:56
 
This music is timeless. George, you are still, and always will be, within us. {#Meditate}

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:56
 
I'm a huge Beatles fan.  Yet, when this song came on when I played the album, I always skipped it.  So sue me....  {#Eh}

jackiebd
(Massachusetts)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:55
 
Sublime!

Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida)
Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 22:33
 
Inexpressibly subtle, beautiful, spiritual, emotional, sublime...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 10:00
 


"We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion..."

With this song, the Beatles define the literal meaning of the thematic structure of the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...  the entire album is about the barriers people put between each other, and the illusions people hide behind...

the cover of the album, which shows the Beatles as real people alongside the Sergeant Pepper's band in full consume, symbolizes the masks people hide behind—  the real image of the Beatles versus the image of them in costume playing a part...

this is the best album of all time, not only because the music is soooo good, but because it is so profound...

Pink Floyd touches on the same theme, with The Wall representing the barriers that people wrap around themselves...

both albums are like Shakespeare in their high art...

 


gabrielle7nt
(4.7 miles from my summer home)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 09:53
 
I need something to cheer me up, too.

Dave_Mack
(Homeward bound, I wish I was)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 09:52
 
I was thinking earlier I needed some George to cheer me up. Thanks, Bill. It's funny though, I always used to skip this song when I was a kid playing Sgt. Pepper's on my parents' "low-fi".  For me, the side started with "When I'm 64". I dig it now.


skibbenr
(halifax, ns, canada)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 19:52
 
And maybe all it takes is an appreciation for 'world' music.  I think George opened me up to that way back when and I've never looked back.  Man, there is so much great music coming from Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America that I still don't get those folks stuck in the greatest hits of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00's.

 Carl wrote:

Maybe that's what it takes to appreciate this song.

 



evenflower
(On a pillow made of concrete)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 19:51
 
The song "Half" by Soundgarden sounds like an (unbelievably awesome) evolution of this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHh-2T84gL8

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 19:50
 
 Cruithne3753 wrote:
Apparently, George Martin is to release an album of Beatles stuff mixed up... this to be "mashed" with Tomorrow Never Knows... Not sure if it is a good or bad idea.
 
Hopefully by now you've heard it. IMHO it's stunning.


Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 10:01
 
 romeotuma wrote:


"Within You Without You" was written on a harmonium at the house of long-time Beatles friend Klaus Voormann, while "there were lots of joints being smoked..."

 
Maybe that's what it takes to appreciate this song.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 10:00
 


perfect...

 

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:59
 
Rates a 9-at least- just for the cool uniqueness factor.  Quintessential hippie stuff ;^)

Cachatons
(Califas)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:59
 
 suebee3 wrote:

The only Beatles tune I could do without.


 
Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9,






Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:58
 
My favorite Beatles piece from my favorite Beatle. What a great arranger and student George was!


xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:58
 
This was the first album I actually bought.  I had heard it many times since my uncle was a hugh Beatles fan, he was the prime age for it.  Still have it some where, also was the first CD I got many years later.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 16:34
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

The Beatles,London,Promo Party for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album,May 19,1967 by rising70
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_first_rays/

.R.I.P you two on the R/H side of this picture
 



Rafter101
(Davis, California)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 16:32
 
It gets a 10.  Just cuz—that's the benefits for being a Beatle song.