‘Within Without You’ and the experimental record, “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,” are two of rock and roll’s greatest accomplishments! This song was originally written and composed by George Harrison for The Beatles 1967, experimental and smash hit record ““Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” According to Harrison, there was much pot being smoked when the song was being written over at a friend’s house.

There is an interesting thing about this tune…it was written and recorded by Harrison using outside musicians, yet was featured as a song on the record. Another interesting thing to note is that the song was actually thirty minutes in length when Harrison finished penning it, but obviously it had to be later trimmed down to fit on the record. This song is the best example of how Indian Music influenced Harrison’s writing during the late period of The Beatles.

Some of the lyrics do propagate Hinduism and the Beatles influences by their Eastern counterparts during the later period. For example, you find the below lyrics in the first verse of the song:

“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.”

This was the status quos for Beatles records during the later days: lots of drug experimentation…truly flower child recordings that preached of world peace and non violence. One can only wonder what if the world had taken heed to their words. Would there be so much violence today?

Check Out This Video of ‘Within Without You’
As if you don’t already own a full box set of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band if you are reading this blog! Of course, we Beatle freaks can never really get enough of the best damned rock and roll band to ever grace the blue clouds of planet earth. That being said, you can always hear another time through of great songs – especially considering this one was penned by George Harrison, possibly the best songwriting of the bunch. So with that in mind, I leave you all with yet another Beatles clip. This time it’s the entire song of ‘Within Without You.’ I can’t vouch for the quality of this clip as I found it on Youtube.com, and you know how that goes. But at least I was able to find something for you to listen to…so enjoy!

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