Co-written with Bob Dylan during a stay at his house in Woodstock, NY. The opening track on Harrison’s first solo album All Things Must Pass. The recorded featured an all-star cast of players including Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, and members of Badfinger. Originally recorded by Billy Preston, this was also the first release from Harrison’s first solo album All Things Must Pass. The first single by an ex-Beatle to reach #1 on the charts in the US and the UK. Originally only a minute-and-a-half long, the finished song was doubled in post-production under the direction of Phil Spector. And the song that most directly addressed the growing friction within the band. The last song recorded by the Beatles before their 1970 breakup. Released as the lead single from Abbey Road in 1969, the song earned praise from bandmate John Lennon (he called it “the best track on the album”) and Frank Sinatra who deemed it “the greatest love song of the past 50 years.” “Something” was one of Harrison’s best moments as a songwriter in The Beatles, but he was so iffy on the song he gave it to Joe Cocker to record first. This and “Something,” both from Abbey Road, led Ringo Starr to note of his bandmate’s songwriting talent, “It’s interesting that George was coming to the fore and we were just breaking up.” Harrison knocked out one of his most indelible songs in one burst of creativity while walking through his friend Eric Clapton’s garden. He’s joined by members of London’s Asian Music Circle on percussion. And he used that instrument to psychedelic effect on this classic from Sgt. His guitar is a truly thrilling coda and has ensured that this song remains at the forefront of his considerable Beatle achievements.Harrison supposedly spent eight hours a day studying the sitar during a 1966 visit to India. In rocking it up, he called upon the services of the then Cream member Eric Clapton. This White Album epic started life as a gentle acoustic piece. In late 1969 it was extracted from the Abbey Road album to become a worldwide hit. He added some subtle Moog synth effects to a song that is always guaranteed to brighten up the bleakest of days.īuilt around the phrase ‘’Something in the way she moves’’ (borrowed from a song by Apple Records artist James Taylor), Harrison’s own maturing songwriting talent created one of the Beatles’ most-covered songs, with Frank Sinatra proclaiming it to be ‘’the greatest love song of the last 50 years’’. Written in Eric Clapton’s garden when Harrison sagged off from attending meetings at their Apple HQ, his increasing frustration of life as a fab one flowered into a truly uplifting composition. Listen carefully for namechecks for those political buffoons of the day messrs’ Wilson and Heath. Harrison meanwhile, offered a wry observation of the British tax system – ‘’and you’re working for nobody but me’’. Surprisingly, it was Paul McCartney who supplied the strident guitar solo of this vibrant opener to the Revolver album. This Sgt Pepper track is a prime example. While other fellow travellers such as Donavon flirted with the sitar, it was Harrison who placed it most successfully in the pop/rock idiom. This Indian-influenced, sitar-led swirl demonstrated Harrison’s growing love for an alternative culture. Lyrically, it hinted at the egos at play within the group that would eventually signal their demise. Significantly, John was away peace campaigning at the time. Harrison, McCarney and Starr gathered at Abbey Road early in January 1970 to complete the song for the Let It Be movie. This pleasing waltz time rocker was one of the very last Beatles song to be worked on.
Blue Jay Way was the name of the street in Hollywood Hills where he was staying. It tells the tale of ‘a fog upon LA’ as Harrison, on a visit to Los Angeles in August 1967, awaited the arrival of Beatles publicist Derek Taylor.
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Harrison’s contribution to their Magical Mystery Tour TV film was a suitably phased psychedelic journey.
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