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They dubbed him the quiet Beatle but he had an enormous group of friends as evidenced on The Concert for George. Jackie Stewart, Eric Idol, Billy Connelly, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, and many more
 
Something is my Favourite Beatle song.

I think with George in the early days he'd have a token "George" song on the album. It wasnt until towards the end, that i feel he came into his own as a song writer and the George songs were as good as some of the other 2's songs. I would love to have seen how good George's writing couldve been had he had Lennon or McCartney to write with.
 

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Zuma said:
They dubbed him the quiet Beatle but he had an enormous group of friends as evidenced on The Concert for George. Jackie Stewart, Eric Idol, Billy Connelly, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, and many more
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The most ironic thing i have ever seen. Concert for George. Eric Clapton playing Something.
 
Plugger35 said:
Without George Harrison The Life of Brian probably wouldn't have got made. He was a big fan of Monty Python and wanted to see the film so he put together his own film company, Handmade Films, and provided the funding for it when funding from elsewhere fell through. He spent quite a lot time with the Python guys and they all speak very highly of him.

He may not have been the most musically talented of The Beatles but from all accounts he was a top bloke.
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The before-mentioned Scorcese doco. addressed this issue. Apparently, the film shoot was about to start the next Monday, when on the preceding Thursday, one of the Hollywood, Jewish, money men actually got around the reading the script of 'Life of Brian'. The studio ran away at a million miles an hour. As Eric Idle tells it in the doco., George said he'd cover the cost of production - $4 million - because he wanted to see the film. Idle characterised this as, "the most expensive movie ticket in the history of cinema." Harrison hocked his house to fund the film. What a man!

He wasn't the quickest guitar player in the world, and he learned on the job, but what a job. He was a 'feel' guitarist, and at this he was brilliant. You never mistook his work for that of another. His, basically tuneless, voice provided some semblance of a base for those other two exquisite soaring harmonies with which he sang.

The Scorcese doco was a reminder of how many wonderful songs he wrote. It also was revelatory of how few people hated him. Despite this, I find that Scorcese work about Harrison to be the worst film he ever made. It was at least an hour too long and far too adulatory. Martin as fan. Still, his heart was in the right place.
 
Definitly an everyman of the people, and also very representative of that era. The most underrated beatle, arguably the easiest beatle to like in hindsight, although I think John and Paul still have him covered in terms of overall output and outright talent.
 
See, I didn't mind the spirituality of George, ok for a while he was Hari Georgeson as the press joked in the early 70's, and going on to do the Kampuchea concert. The Krishna thing is cool with me.

But he could turn quickly.

He essentially turned up at the 1989 Handmade Christmas party and said "You load of freeloaders, where has all my money gone?". Another quoted "Who the f**k are all you people, and where has all my money gone?"
Rolling Stone - Special Edition: Adam Dawtrey.

Then he wound up the company.




I'd die for that rowboat slide.
 

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Stig O'Hara said:
George wrote the song about his then wife Patty, who EC had an affair with, and ended up marrying. EC wrote Layla about her as well.

"I'd rather she was with him than some dope" - George Harrison.
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Yep, when George found out that Eric was sleeping with his wife, George said to him: "That's alright, as long as we can still be friends."

My favorite Beatle.
 
Moonwatcher said:
This is quite sad :(
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The worst thing of all, is that all the Hippies, hanging out on free love & all that shit,
sold out, now run the world, and are the worst puritans since the McCarthy era.

That's the sad bit.



Paul Simon & George, doing some SNL. (In glorious coke fog)
 
Stig O'Hara said:
The worst thing of all, is that all the Hippies, hanging out on free love & all that shit,
sold out, now run the world, and are the worst puritans since the McCarthy era.

That's the sad bit.



Paul Simon & George, doing some SNL. (In glorious coke fog)
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A perfect pop song. One of my favourite songs ever. Such interplay between the guitar and voices. Such an irresistibly dynamic drive in the melody and in the tempo. Transports you along with it. Great changes.
 
Stig O'Hara said:
See, I didn't mind the spirituality of George, ok for a while he was Hari Georgeson as the press joked in the early 70's, and going on to do the Kampuchea concert. The Krishna thing is cool with me.

But he could turn quickly.

He essentially turned up at the 1989 Handmade Christmas party and said "You load of freeloaders, where has all my money gone?". Another quoted "Who the f**k are all you people, and where has all my money gone?"
Rolling Stone - Special Edition: Adam Dawtrey.

Then he wound up the company.




I'd die for that rowboat slide.
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This hit #1 and oddly enough was the only single from his "Living In The Material World" album
 

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skilts said:
A perfect pop song. One of my favourite songs ever. Such interplay between the guitar and voices. Such an irresistibly dynamic drive in the melody and in the tempo. Transports you along with it. Great changes.
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Their performance of Simon's "Homeward Bound" is equally brilliant. Trading verses and the harmonies.
 
Stig O'Hara said:
George wrote the song about his then wife Patty, who EC had an affair with, and ended up marrying. EC wrote Layla about her as well.

"I'd rather she was with him than some dope" - George Harrison.
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Clapton also wrote Wonderful Tonight about her.

Lucky girl, hahaha.
 
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:thumbsu: co-written with Faces and Stones guitarist Ron Wood.
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:thumbsu: co-written with Faces and Stones guitarist Ron Wood.
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I have this album. Its not in his best 5 but is well worth a listen, he famously said at the time if you wanted to know how he was doing then buy the album, its like Peyton Place. He was battling drug and drink in 1974 and the breakup of his marriage.

The album and the tour were panned and had the critics lining up to dig their heels in but Harrison didnt give a toss, he was clearly enjoying himself on stage, there is more and more footage of the 74 tour which saw some bizzare colourful 70's stage costumes, alot of George's musican friends on stage and interesting interpretations of Beatles and Solo Tunes. His voice was shot and the tour drained him but those people who attended may not have know at the time it was to be his first and only tour, excluding Japan in 91 with Elic Crapton.
 

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