Tag: harrison
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89: I Need You
I Need You, a track from the Help! album was George Harrison’s second original song for the Beatles (his first was Don’t Bother Me, and he also contributed You Like Me Too Much to the Help! album). George had written far fewer songs than Lennon and McCartney, and few would argue that Don’t Bother Me…
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113: Think For Yourself
Think For Yourself is one of two George Harrison songs on the Rubber Soul album (the other being 57: If I Needed Someone, which by accident I reviewed yesterday, out of sequence). Musically, Think For Yourself has an unusual chord progression, which musicologists find hard to pin to a specific key. As Allan Pollack comments:…
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57: If I Needed Someone
If I Needed Someone is one of two George Harrison songs on Rubber Soul (the other being Think For Yourself). The story of this track sheds light on George’s continued growth as a songwriter, his relationship with other artists and aspects of his personality as he came to terms with fame. Musically the song is…
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123: Within You Without You
George Harrison’s writing contribution to Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club, Within You Without You uses Indian instruments and musical form to present a thoughtful song described (by Chris Ingham) as a “meditation on life and love beyond self”. The album came at an interesting point in the Beatles’ evolution, at a time when they had…
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138: Savoy Truffle
Savoy Truffle is a George Harrison composition from the White Album. The song is rocky brass-driven track about chocolate and dentistry. Harrison was amused that his close friend Eric Clapton found it difficult to resist sweets despite the fact he was suffering from tooth decay. Around the time the White Album was recorded, Harrison had…
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150: Piggies
Piggies is a song written by George Harrison and appearing on the White Album. For this song it is well worth reading the wikipedia article as the track turned out to have an undeserved and grisly historical significance well beyond anything the Beatles intended; it has received correspondingly more critical analysis and commentary, and it…
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151: I Me Mine
I Me Mine is a track on the Let It Be album that was originally rehearsed as part of the Let It Be/Get Back sessions, and later completed after Abbey Road as the last Beatles recording (in the absence of John Lennon, who had already effectively left the band). The song was written by George…
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159: Long, Long, Long
Long, Long, Long, written by George Harrison is track on the White Album. For me it’s an interesting example to think about. I think (and my feelings have probably changed a bit since I did the initial ranking) that it is a beautiful song and a very good but flawed record; the distinction between the…
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160: Old Brown Shoe
Old Brown Shoe is song written by George Harrison and originally rehearsed by the Beatles during the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, but only released later, after further recordings, as the B-side of a single, The Ballad Of John And Yoko. However, it was also selected for inclusion on the Blue Album. I am pretty…
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163: Don’t Bother Me
Don’t Bother Me is notable for being George Harrisons first original song for the Beatles, appearing on their second album With The Beatles. In my view it is better than several of Lennon-McCartney songs (in this ranking it is higher than Little Child, I Wanna Be Your Man and Love Me Do), so the possibility…
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167: The Inner Light
The Inner Light was a George Harrison song which was the B-side of Lady Madonna. The single was recorded in early February 1968 just prior to the Beatles’ meditation retreat in Rishikesh India, so that it could be released while they were away from mid-February to (as it turned out) mid-April. The song illustrates both…
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170: You Like Me Too Much
You Like Me Too Much is a Harrison composition from the Help! album. It was his third Beatles original – Don’t Bother Me featured on With The Beatles, and he also had another (better) song on Help! – I Need You. So this was the first time George Harrison had contributed more than one song…