Comments on: Don’t Bother Me

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 03:24:53 +0000

Also enjoy very young George playing roll over beethoven. Way underated musician

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 02:22:23 +0000

Always liked this one. A bit different from the Lennon/McCartney songs of the day – moody, in both melody and lyrics. I never understood the downplaying of this song by George H. or the others.

By: Al davis

Al davis — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:57:24 +0000

It’s such a rich melody

By: Jordy

Jordy — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 00:48:53 +0000

My favorite audio clip from “Hard Days Night” movie without a doubt.

By: richard last

richard last — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:30:51 +0000

Just a feeling I have from time to times as my life goes on. Don’t you agree ?

By: J Neo Marvin

J Neo Marvin — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:10:20 +0000

That would be great! The early Kinks could have done a good version as well.

By: Grant Porter

Grant Porter — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:13:46 +0000

Throughout his songs George brought a perhaps much-needed dark (negative, sad, angry, disillusioned) side to the otherwise upbeat happy pop sound of the band which I am sure helped them identify with the people and better capture the spirit or zeitgeist of the times. In addition to the aforementioned songs after Don’t Bother Me he went on to write If I Needed Someone, Taxman, Within You Without You, The Inner Light, Blue Jay Way and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, all of which have some negative element. I love how he even applies his dark sense of humor to the high energy song about sweets by saying “What is sweet now turns so sour” and “You’ll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy Truffle”. (Wow! Take a sweet song and make it sadder). So he did pen the perfectly positive (though a little melancholy) classic Something, and one could say that The Inner Light and Within You, Without You are more about enlightenment than they are about being disillusioned but I think anyone would be hard-pressed to find any song written by George that didn’t express some form of negativity. Nevertheless, I am sure we all agree that he was a perfect fit, a wonderful singer, songwriter and guitarist and he expressed his honesty, love and sorrow in a way that was fab.

By: Grant Porter

Grant Porter — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:38:31 +0000

Is there an extra bass in Don’t Bother Me, or are you thinking of the fuzz bass used in Think For Yourself?

By: Che Stadium

Che Stadium — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 17:34:33 +0000

Very underrated song, and an incredible first offering from George. Musically and lyrically unlike anything they had done to date, and I would argue that along with All My Loving, it’s right there with It Won’t Be Long, and Not A Second Time as the Beatle composed gems on With The Beatles. Miles ahead of Little Child, and Hold Me Tight. Never understood George thinking this was a bad song, but the writer does not often have the most objective view of his work. How many of us would love to be able to write a song this “bad”?

By: Young Fred

Young Fred — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 01:32:34 +0000

It has its own seal, indeed. Sounds quite different from the Lennon-McCartney tunes. Guitars and bass, should they have recorded them with a more modern equipment, would have given a primitive heavy distorted sound. Not a bad one from George being his first one!

By: Syanie

Syanie — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:37:08 +0000

It definitely does, I’ve listened to that song so many times over the years but never noticed it until I had a Tidal HiFi account with high quality headphones!

By: PVA

PVA — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:44:20 +0000

I have listened to that song more now; and appreciate the guitar tones and the bass playing is fantastic; that song can not be improved too much; they used the technology of the time and made the best of it.

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:19:10 +0000

Great George Harrison number. As “Golden Slumber” said they are good lyrics and different for the time. Also it is a insight to part of George’s character as the before mentioned person said. Also love his voice and lead guitar on this. A gem on the wonderful “With the Beatles” album, which was a real step forward developmentally as whole for the band.

By: Golden Slumber

Golden Slumber — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:54:12 +0000

Good lyrics, different for the time. Shows George’s character.

By: jennifur Sun

jennifur Sun — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 07:09:48 +0000

i like it from the start as well. George may have written it after being sick, but a lot of us have felt the same way. Don’t come around leave me alone/don’t bother me. Thanks George.

By: Serge

Serge — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:04:38 +0000

Right You are, Silly Girl! I do almost the same…This song helps me to overcome some moody vibrations in the air and what is more even different unpleasant things…It’s really true!

By: Silly Girl

Silly Girl — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 23:29:25 +0000

Groovy song! Especially for a first go. Lennon-McCartney’s VERY early (pre-Beatles) songs aren’t even this interesting. And why do I find a grumpy George glowering out from beneath his [admittedly] tufty eyebrows so appealing?
I like to sing it in the morning when people want to wake me up too early, along with “I’m Only Sleeping”. 🙂

By: Serge

Serge — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:36:18 +0000

I love this great tune from the very beginning way back in the sixties…and still remember many things reflecting through this song in my heart…Thank You, George!

By: Pablo Castro

Pablo Castro — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 06:46:15 +0000

Yes, not only the use of the dorian mode, but the almost entirely pentatonic melody, except for the single highest and most dramatic high F# .

Besides, we can hear another rare feature, the fourth chord both in major and minor, A and Am, in different parts of the song´s structure.

Excelent guitar solo, nice lyrics, it´s a real pity that they never performed it live.

Very interesting for the first ever George Harrison song !

By: Martijn

Martijn — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:45:05 +0000

Not at all the bad song it has been taken for. In fact it’s quite forward-looking in its use of the Dorian mode in a tonal context, the use of old Church modes which would later form the basis of most of the “Indian” influences in pop music.