Tag: harrison
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178: For You Blue
For You Blue is a Harrison composition appearing on Let It Be. It seems a bit lightweight lyrically, and musically it is a 12 bar blues, so it might seem like more of a impromptu jam than a fully developed song. But watching some out-takes from the Get Back sessions its clear that the Beatles…
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181: Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
I have a soft spot for this Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby. I love the cheeky, light-heartedly bragging tone. Seems like a great fit for George’s witty, ironic and sort-of-but-not-quite humble personality. It wouldn’t work at all for Paul McCartney, right? I also think it has a really nice authentic rock’n’roll sound and a…
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189: Only A Northern Song
Only A Northern Song, a George Harrison song, is a characteristically bitter but witty comment at the way the Beatles’ music publishing was being arranged. In an attempt to avoid what they saw as excessive tax, the Beatles had been encouraged to sell their rights to a company – Northern Songs. This – they thought…
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198: Love You To
This strangely titled song from the ground-breaking 1966 album Revolver is another Harrison composition, and the first to be based around the sitar. (Norwegian Wood also features the sound of a sitar but it is just a seasoning in that song). Later that year Harrison would meet sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and travel to India…
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199: Blue Jay Way
Unless I am overlooking something, this Harrison song is almost unique in the Beatles’ catalogue in evoking a spooky and sinister feeling. I say almost because Revolution #9 also has its moments. Spooky, sinister and psychedelic. So – a bad trip? It’s not something that I often want to listen to, to be honest.
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201: It’s All Too Much
I think I misjudged this one when putting the ranking together. Listening to it again, it has a lot going for it: it’s sonically inventive with a strong distorted lead guitar sound which is more prominent than in other Beatles tracks and a driving, pounding rhythm section. Musically, it sounds a bit like Harrison’s answer…