Comments on: Two Of Us

By: Johnny Heaps

Johnny Heaps — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 03:11:54 +0000

I’ve learned to play this song today…on my Taylors acoustic! Very easy, even the opening lick, which I thought might take a day or two to get right. But I’m really commenting because although I fully agree with the comment above praising Paul’s beautiful lyric, for me, the final verse 4 deserves more than just a repeat of verse 3. I know this was their standard tactic in the early days, but by this time they had fully mastered their craft and it just seems slightly lazy for Paul not to have written a proper stand alone verse 4. Also, I have to say I agree with another comment above that prefers to think of the lyric as Paul’s fondess for John…I can’t help but feel slightly disappointed it’s not! But hey ho…a great song for sure.

By: John

John — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 02:34:45 +0000

I once saw a video on You Tube of George playing it. The concentration he gave it did made it look complicated. I can no longer find that video. Any suggestions?

By: VicG

VicG — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:35:39 +0000

Good observation – you’re right!

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:53:34 +0000

I wonder why Paul Had George play the Bass on a regular Guitar instead of a bass Guitar?
I mean, it sounds good but, It couldn’t sounded bassier using Paul’s Hofner!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:34:16 +0000

You are right Ronnie, George Plays the Bass on his Tele. I’ve seen this performance many a times! Matter of fact, I watched it for the first time on My grandmothers old BW T.V. back in 1970, when “Ed Sullivan” played The Video of “Two of Us”

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:27:50 +0000

watch the “Let it Be” movie, its in there. But after he says the bit, it doesn’t go into “Two of Us” That was spliced on the beginning of the song. It opens up side 1 of the “Let it Be” album.

By: Bob Henson

Bob Henson — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:59:45 +0000

He was saving that title for his first solo album.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 21:27:31 +0000

Nope. It’s his standard 6-string rosewood Tele.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 21:25:43 +0000

George is playing a “bass” line on his rosewood Telecaster. It’s right there in the film and the sound isn’t that of the VI.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 21:42:59 +0000

I haven’t seen the movie in years, so I’m just going by the audio on LIB album. I can defer to the movie folks who actually see them playing. To me it sounds like John’s playing on the left, including the the opening lick. John had a way of attacking and pounding his guitar (which I love). That’s what I hear on the left. That leaves Paul on the right walking up to G from D after the initial lick.
OK if I’m wrong but that’s how I hear it!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 24 May 2017 23:59:54 +0000

The Baritone guitar didn’t exist in 1969. This is a Fender VI, the same one George used to play bass on “Hey Jude.”

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 17:21:29 +0000

The Fender Rosewood Telecaster is just a regular electric guitar, not a baritone guitar. I own a Telecaster as well and can play the same notes just on the lower strings.

By: Ray Proskey

Ray Proskey — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:49:03 +0000

Did John say, “Phil” or “Bill”?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:51:46 +0000

It was The Beatles' final album, in that it was the last for recording to be completed (in 1970) and the last to be released. I know the bulk of it was done before Abbey Road. The Yellow Submarine album was similarly recorded before the White Album, and released after, and that's always considered to be the later album. But it's fine if people want to put them in any order.

By: guitarmike

guitarmike — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 02:12:36 +0000

First, it is not the Beatles final album.
Second, John and Paul did not sing this song trough the same microphone.
Not the acoustic version. Just check the Let It Be movie.
Of course the jammed the song with 1 microphone during the electric rehearsal…..
Pretty soon, every information about the Beatles would be wrong!!

By: Tom B.

Tom B. — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:44:47 +0000

If you watch the clip, and compare the Fender Bass VI, with the Fender Telecaster Baritone guitar, you’ll see that George is indeed playing the bass line on a Telecaster Baritone guitar.

By: Tom B.

Tom B. — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:41:52 +0000

OK I did some research on this. If you watch the live studio performance from ‘Let It Be’, you can clearly see that George is playing a bass line on a Fender Telecaster Baritone guitar. It does SOUND like a Fender Bass VI, but it’s a Telecaster Baritone Guitar. If you look up photos of both instruments online, you’ll see that I’m right.

By: Sam P.

Sam P. — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 23:02:48 +0000

Paul plays the opening lick, and then John joins in walking up D to G.

By: Matt Tycho

Matt Tycho — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:54:39 +0000

On the stereo version of the song, I can quite clearly hear that one acoustic guitar is much more prevalent on the left and the other on the right. Does anyone know which side is John’s, and which is Paul’s playing?

By: OldFartBassPlayer Walt

OldFartBassPlayer Walt — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:13:10 +0000

My experiences with playing a Bass VI kind of guitar up high seemed to show the tone was not quite as
resonant and vibrant as a regularly-tuned guitar, ESPECIALLY a tele. I don’t know if this was part of
George’s decision making.