........George Harrison.......Always a delight. This little swipe at McCartney slips by unnoticed on George's Thirty Three & 1/3.....WARNING: Political content! You've been warned.........Joseph Stalin once refered to members of the American Communist party as "usefull idiots". It seems the grassroots "tea pary" tidal wave brewing has found a usefull idiot. ..........These comments offend &...
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......It May be a bit misleading to call this a George Harrison Track as there's no way of knowing what part, if any, George played in this performance. But I find it to be a pleasant little diversion.....atypically jaunty. Jaunty? C'mon! Who says jaunty anymore? But yeah.....I like to put this unlisted in certain mixes & ask people to guess from whence it came. (wait a minute! Whence? ...
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George Harrison's lyrics were often profound in their stark simplicity.Often perceived as the silent, mystic, mysterious Beatle, and yet his lyrics were far more direct and "on the surface" than Lennon's or McCartney's.**Don't come around, leave me alone, don't bother me**Just about says it all, no?Paul McCartney always loved the limelight. Lennon manipulated it, showed us shadow puppets and h...
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George Harrison scribbled a number of lines on a piece of scrap paper way back in the 1960’s. It’s the first 10 lines of a forgotten Beatles song called Silence ( Is it’s own reply ) and now, 40 years later, the song has been finished.The piece of paper was discarded on the floor [...]
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Another track from Jools Hollands Big Band Rhythm & Blues cd, and as I mentioned previously, the last track recorded and _completed_ by George Harrson before his death.A very fine cd for anyone who loves good music played well. An impressive array of guests get to strut their stuff in a project that IMHO is two cuts above the usual result of such concepts.
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Martin Scorsese will direct a documentary on the life of George Harrison, Variety is reporting. Scorsese's recent foray into rock and roll documentaries include the Rolling Stones' forthcoming Shine A Light and the Bob Dylan doc No Direction Home.The Harrison documentary will be released in theaters and will include extensive materials from the Harrison family archive. "George Harrison's music ...
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This earliest demo version of Isn't it a Pity is not available on the CD version of Let it Roll: Songs by George Harrison. Such a shame that you need itunes to buy this beautiful rendition of Isn't it a Pity.EMI needs to wise up and do Harrison fans right by not forcing them to purchase two different versions of the same album. Give us this mp3 as a free download, already! Makes me wonder what ...
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On the eve of the release of Let It Roll: The Songs of George Harrison, I wanted to share an outtake that I thought should be added to this new compilation. Dehra Dun is a song that George started writing during the 1968 pre-White Album sessions in Rishikesh. This is a studio version recorded sometime after George left The Beatles. Here's hoping that Olivia releases a proper Harrison Anthology ...
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After George Harrison passed away Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) aka Yim Yames sat down to record a cluster of Harrison covers. These now will see the light of day with Yim Yames new EP Tribute To out on August 4th (physically) and right now (digitally) via ATO. Here’s his stripped down and positively [...]
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Sounding more like a 'vocal guide' than a cover, George's demo of Ringo's "It Don't Come Easy" raises some questions.Not the least of which would be; Why did Ringo need a vocal guide for a song he wrote?
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Some people may think that George's first solo album was All Things Must Pass. however, if memory serves me well, George did 2 experimental projects prior to that album. This is a track from a disc that was a disappointment to some when it came out, because most of it did not sound like typical Beatles fare or like All Things Must Pass did later and you couldn't sing along.Anyway, some may have...
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Well, Here we are, New Year's Day. I'm up early 'cause I cannot sleep late in the morning, no matter what the night before entailed. But truth be told Wifey & I spent the eve sippin' wine, listenin' to good music & playin' scrabble. (I know, we are party animals.)So this track is from George Harrison's "Dark Horse" cd. A cd that is hardly more than an official bootleg.EMI/Capitol knew of Ge...
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So many have extolled the virtues of the shuffle that to do so again would be foolish.....Isn't shuffle mode great? Turning up forgotten delights at just the right moment? (although this also is true) George Harrison never really got around to finishing this track...It's too bad 'cause its a nice melody. In My humble....George wrote such great melodies & then buried them under sinful over...
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This tune, no doubt, would have been released as a "single" by any other artist. Unfortunately, George was standing in a very serious shadow.
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