RIP George Harrison

he was my favourite beatle back in the day because he seemed sad: admittedly the travelling wilburies somewhat weaned me off this

oh, well. at least i'm not as bad as dg.

Maybe you should seek out the acoustic version that brought Nick to ears this morning.

I look from the wings at the play you are staging
While my guitar gently weeps
As I'm sitting here doing nothing but aging
Still my guitar gently weeps

I think that reinforces the song's sadness over the 'patronising' reading.

Tears, tears.

"All You Need Is Love" is better because the KLF nicked it.

It's a bit of a naive fantasy to imagine the Beatles' music un-co- opted, free of taint. Likewise, to imagine them religiously, as these pure saints of music. But I almost kicked my television right off its stand.

"With Harrison's death, there remain two surviving Beatles..."

If you think that's bad, on my local news they segued from the story of George's death by having the deeply dippy bimbette newsreader say, "Well, speaking of music, Riverdance is coming to town!".

I am not a huge fan of the Beatles by any means, but GH probably wrote most of the songs of theirs that I do like.

I was just listening to the white album in awe a couple days ago. Rest easy.

Of course all his later work was dire AOR, but curiously I find his view of the world more appealing now than I ever did in life. Whether this is just not-wanting-to-speak-ill business I don't know, but it does have some resonance. I like "My Sweet Lord" as well.

"the only world I know" - Nick, I take this to be a world of social mobility and flexibility not hidebound by traditional class boundaries. And it *was* the 60s generation that founded that world, and the Beatles were the band most definitive of that time, so I really can't argue with that.

WMGGW with forceful, "serious" Slowhand solo is a blight. Isn't It a Pity is an overlooked gem and Long x3 is the pick of the Beatles litter.

Great sadness and sympathy: the 'sadness' Mark S talks of is absolutely there, for me, and must ultimately be a profound part of what Harrison 'means'.

Nicky D's ('historical / generational') tears are moving too (and not just cos wept on a bus): the death of a Beatle is a loud, dark bell tolling for us all.

Death only happened with this? Astounding! Weird hallucinations I've been having saying otherwise, then.

Now some love for George.

some lovely understated songs. the instrumental "what is life" is one of my favourite! things! ever!
can't forgive him for Taxman though.

I want to do "Top ten George Beatles guitarness moments" but I've not got anything to hand to confirm who played what so I shant yet.

I know, someone could easily go "yeah, that solo on Taxman" for instance.

hahahaha, yes, BUT there are a couple of things I'm thinking of suggesting where I have doubt in my mind over whether it was Lennon or Macca instead.

What top ten can we do for Lennon? Songs? Vocals performances?

Lyric?

The way Lennon's and Harrison's guitars tumble, twist, and turn around the vocal lines in "She Said, She Said." Plus, George plays bass on it.

Actually, depending on the number of brackets, you'd have to be earning a HUGE fortune for the top rate to apply. When Reagan entered office and the top rate was 70%, there were 15 brackets. The top rate kicked in at $108,000 for single filers. (That's $243,399 in 2007 dollars.) Now there are 6, with the top rate kicking in at, I believe, income over $372,95

I know this is John's, but George steals the clip. Happy birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7IjXu0DfQ

such a great clip. pretty much everyone who's in it steals it.

L.A. Gently Weeps as George Harrison Tree Is Felled by Beetles

LOS ANGELES — A tree planted in memorial to late Beatles guitarist George Harrison following his death in Los Angeles in 2001 has been killed by bark beetles amid California's epic drought, a local official said on Tuesday.
The pine tree, which was dedicated with a plaque to Harrison at the head of a hiking trail in the city's Griffith Park, was among a number of trees that have succumbed to the beetles this year, City Councilman Tom LaBonge said.
"It was weakened by the drought, bark beetles just attacked it. It had a quick demise," LaBonge said. "I happen to hike every day in Griffith Park and the tree just turned a bad corner this year."
The sapling had grown to 12 feet in height by the time it was discovered dead in June and removed by city workers, he said, adding that Harrison's widow, Olivia, had been notified.
LaBonge said he expected to see a new tree planted in remembrance of Harrison in the fall.
Harrison, who was born in Liverpool in 1943, gained international fame as the Beatles lead guitarist, penning such songs as "Here Comes the Sun," "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

Its a bad idea for trees to turn corners, bad or otherwise

If George had been alive he'd have blamed Paul.

surprised they didn't come up with a more pun-filled headline like "Former Beatle Wife Barks at Latter Bark Beetles" or whatever

Original NME post on that

http://i60.tinypic.com/2ibyxd2.jpg

Blow away

They should name the new tree "Feorge" as in; False George...

wasn't he a devoted gardener? sad!

it shoulda been a (gently) weeping willow.

man, Eleanor bron tho

I spent so much time
Thinking baout Eleanor Bron
Saying "I can say no more."

Am I alone in thinking George would have loved the irony?
I had Revolver on for the first time in ages the other day - Taxman is all time top 5 Beatles for me, I think, the melody is so elastic and sardonic. McCartney's solo so good they used it twice. And Love You To must have sounded like a transmission from Mars in 1966.

So many of George's Beatle songs sound better now than they did. WY&WY obv, even "Don't bother me" !

I always liked "Don't Bother Me." I never understood its reputation as awkward or not fully-realized; I vastly prefer it to a few other things on WTB, particularly "Not A Second Time."

B-b-but the Aeolian cadences!

Get one bass, morans!

apparently, this was a #1 hit, which gives me faith in...something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vXZPztcGaY