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AppleScruffJunior said

I love George and I love dogs. Dhani’s love of dogs pleases me. 

I also have to add that I’m loving the response ‘Your Love Is Forever’ is getting on this forum- it is definitely one of my favourite George songs (if not my very favourite), It’s so beautiful, particularly the opening 30 seconds or so, it reminds me of a day-dream atmosphere, it’s just whimsical.

Oh and I bagsy it if I ever make a romantic-film.

I agree, I amn’t a massive fan ‘Somewhere In England ‘ (although I do have a great liking of ‘Blood From A Clone‘) but ‘Gone Troppo ‘ and ‘George Harrison ‘ are great albums (the latter being extremely underrated, it’s a great atmospheric album).

While All Things Must Pass , Cloud Nine and Brainwashed are amazing and deserve all the acclamation they get, I do have a great fondness for George’s eponymous album and I listen to it more than any other solo release I think (especially ‘Soft-Hearted Hana‘-there’s an underrated song about the use of magic mushrooms, and I really like ‘Faster‘ as well)

George is still underrated and he probably will be forever.

I think if anything (from my point of view as a teenager) he is the “least famous/remembered” of all of The Beatles among the youth of today, when my Irish teacher asked me in class who my favourite singer was and I said George Harrison *, everybody just went “who?”** Whereas if I’d said John Lennon everyone would have known he was “that hippie guy in The Beatles” (a lot of other teens who I’ve met don’t even know how he died or that he’s even dead-maybe it’s just Irish teenagers lack of 20th century pop-culture knowledge).

Paul is keeping relevant with his Kanye West/Rihanna collaborations and Ringo has a unique and funny name that sticks in your head, so apparently poor George has nothing very striking about him (of course I’d beg to differ!)

*I always get funny looks whenever I say George is my favourite (I got asked “what did he even do outside of playing guitar in The Beatles?” Oh don’t get me started, honey!

**Granted the majority of this class didn’t know ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ‘ either so 

Zig said

meanmistermustard said

I think George would be far happier living quietly in his fans hearts, minds and lives than be known by the large majority as Beatle George. He spent almost 30 years trying to get away from that. 

True. One of the things I admire most about him is that he made music for himself and not the charts. That is why his music, way more then the other three, is so soulful. I laugh at critics who say his music was “preachy”. He did not preach, he sang from the heart about his own experiences/thoughts/ideas – for the most part, he sang to himself. Those who thought they were being preached to most likely heard things about their own selves in George’s songs and did not like what they heard. Isn’t It A Pity ?

Exactly, just look at the ‘Blood From A Clone’ lyrics:

They say they like it but now in the market
It may not go well as it’s too laid back
You need some oomph, papa, nothing like Frank Zappa
And not new wave, they don’t play that crap

Try beating your head on a brick wall
Hard like a stone
Don’t have time for the music
They want the blood from a clone

I hear a clock ticking, I feel the nitpicking
I almost quit kicking at the wall
There seems a confusion under the illusion
That they know just what will suit you all

Beating my head on a brick wall
Hard like a stone
Ain’t got time for the music
They want the blood from a clone

There is no sense to it, pure pounds and pence to it
They’re so intense too, makes me amazed
Don’t want no music but they’re making you sick with
Some awful noises that may get played

We got a new Paul Hicks & Dhani song (woohoo), another soundtrack piece from the film ‘Learning to Drive’ which will be released August 21st (I was looking at it last year, but I thought it only had a festival release/small indie release) so I’m happy that at least we get something new from pHd (apparently they’re not allowed to use that anymore but I don’t care!).

It’s actually really nice as well, so happy days.

meanmistermustard said

…anyone care to explain what he’s doing here

Dismayed by the fact that not too many people can see we’re all the same, he demonstrates that most people, because of all the tears, their eyes can’t hope to see. Years later, he would write a song featuring those lyrics.