geriatricfool: harrisonarchive:The Beatles, 1967; photo by Jean-Marie Périer.Fan reactions to
geriatricfool: harrisonarchive:The Beatles, 1967; photo by Jean-Marie Périer.Fan reactions to George Harrison’s “Within You Without You” in 1967:“Of course it’s impossible to please everybody. Take the one song called Within You Without You, George’s Sgt. Pepper speciality. ‘It’s just dreadful, just a crazy lot of noises with no tune at all’ claims Jean Crosely […]. ‘It makes me dream beautiful dreams,’ says Pat Price […]. ‘I wish the LP was “banded“ so that I could miss out that track’ writes Maureen Burbeck […]. ‘Atrocious! Horrid! I can’t hear the words and there isn’t a tune at all. Let George make an album on his own instead of wasting 5 minutes of Beatle Time!’ screams Claire Bennett […]. ‘It’s the most beautiful music George has ever made and I can’t get it out of my mind’ is the reaction of Brenda Hampton […]. ‘Of all the new LP songs I love George’s best because it’s haunting’ writes Marianne Sinclair […].“ - The Beatles Book, No. 49, August 1967“I have just read the bit in B.B. No. 49 about the new L.P., and the criticism of ‘Within You, Without You’. The fact that I am seething with fury accounts for the terrible handwriting. HOW CAN Claire Bennett say George is wasting Beatle time? ‘Within You, Without You’ is one of the most beautiful tracks on the L.P., perhaps THE most. […] I remember George has previously said he has trouble with the words, and considering that, he must be a genius. […] I’ve always loved the Beatles and I adore their old records, but ‘W.Y., W.Y.’ beats anything!” - Jacqueline, The Beatles Book, No. 50, September 1967“re Claire Bennett quoted in issue No. 49 as saying that, and I quote: ‘Let George make an album on his own instead of wasting 5 minutes of Beatle time.’ What a marvellous idea. I, too, think that George should make an album on his own. Not for the same reasons as Miss Bennett though. George is opening for me (and other fans I hope) new dimensions in the field of music. Every time I hear ‘Love you to’ (Revolver) or ‘Within You Without You’ (S.P.L.H.C.B.) I discover new sounds. I’m sure that there must be thousands of Beatle fans who feel as I do, so why not George?” - Ann, The Beatles Book, No. 51, October 1967 (x) OMG OMG OMG - the letter in the second paragraph was me!!! @geriatricfool that is so cool! -- source link