Only listened to it twice so far but I could have sworn it was Paul singing, and I never get mixed up nowadays. Not guilty. He sat playing the guitar in the studio control room with a line plugged through to the chamber.George had this idea that he wanted to do it in the control room with the speakers blasting, so that he got more of an on-stage feel. The time changes and breaks really highlight Ringo’s drumming, his fills are top notch.The Beatles Bible is run for the love of anything and everything to do with The Beatles. I don’t do Fantasy Football, I do Fantasy Engineer & Producer.I like this song. Lyrically, the song is largely in defence of the 1960s counterculture, although references to Harrison’s frustration at his often marginal role within the group can be detected.At the time of its recording, relations within the group were becoming increasingly strained, with The Beatles often working alone and choosing not to help each other. That song is a masterpiece and this is… Meh.I hear it as ” like you heard me ‘say it’ .. "Not Guilty". And Clapton “saved WMGGW? I'm not trying to steal your vest. What a great tune and a great performance. This song is way much better than “don’t pass me by” from the white album.I quite like Don’t pass me by. I am not trying to be smart. Harrison apparently didn’t, trying to make “Lennon-McCartney” look as a trio.When you spend hours, even days of overdubbing distorted guitars onto distorted guitars, trying to make a composition work, you should know there’s something wrong. Please, no! I don’t think Paul really was expecting it to be a “White Album” track.I think the reason this didn’t make the White Album was that John and Paul saw the lyrics as somewhat of a dig at them. They could do that.it really is a shame this intelligent song never has seen the white album, instead of the superstition called revolution #9And, Sexy Sadie is one heckuva good tune. The real crime is that “Wild Honey Pie” made the cut. One of Ringo’s only good recordings in my opinion.it amazes me how george held on to such a great song for 11 yearsHow can a song like “Wild Honey Pie” be considered better than this?I’m not actuallly sure that this was considered better than the experimental cut “Wild Honey Pie”– wasn’t it that Pattie Harrison dug “WHP” and so that it made the “White Album”?
It’s a shame it never got released onto the White Album. Paul and John made the Beatles with their songwriting so, fair or not, they got to call the shots. Try some research and reading instead of making ad-hominem attacks.A hundred and two takes and it still didn’t make the album?! Interview here, about 25 min. Listening to the full finished take 102 on the 50th anniversary boxed set is a delight. If it was ready in time, it would have fit in perfectly on The White Album. Hit the Accept button to remove this message. The distinctive lead guitar riffs and solo were recorded by A rough mono mix was made at the end of the session, but the song was later rejected for the WHAT?? Actually, I wrote that in 1968. Fair enough!‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ is saved by Eric Clapton’s guitar work.‘All Things Must Pass’?
Martin must have been nuts.More pertinently than not being on the White Album, other tracks like Sour Milk Sea should have made Anthology 3 rather than so many tatty acoustic demos and incomplete run-throughs.There are just SO MANY great ‘lost’ tracks on bootleg that it’s a crime for the Anthologies to be handed over to things like an early busk of Bathroom Window.They couldn’t please everyone, so they pleased themselves. George Harrison Lyrics. (‘Yer Blues’ uses the idea, but could also be acoustic or even a capella. This site is not associated with The Beatles, Apple Corps Ltd, related organisations, or any members of The Beatles or their representatives.This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. For Part of the problem may have been the complexity of the song, with numerous time signature changes and half-bars which derailed many of The Beatles’ attempts. Nonsense.I’m sorry. I was wrong. George would have stopped them from taking it off, but he was in Los Angeles producing a Jackie Lomax record and couldn’t make the 24-hour session where they finished the album.In light of the drug busts of John and George that were to follow, the inclusion of Not Guilty on the White Album would have provided the British Press with a field day on the front pages of the tabloids.John and Paul were using the general rule of 1 per side, which means that Harrison would have been forced to drop something else by him. He “dropped a section of 3/8 time that had been one of the factors in making the 1968 recording difficult.” Harrison may have become a better songwriter during the 1960s, but he rarely had the skills that Lennon and McCartney had in even their solo career. )Including ‘Not Guilty’ on a Beatles album, although not all sections were included on a Harrison solo album, shows that also Harrison himself would have rejected it.Harrison should have put his energy into ‘Circles’ and ‘Sour MIlk Sea’, which are sorely missing on (at least) Anthology.And a horribly biased opinion at that. That’s pretty bad.Anyway, this song could have replaced Sexy Sadie, and the fact that John’s rant against Maharishi went on the album and George’s defensive rant about himself didn’t make it means the Beatles were sensitive about how they were being perceived.