Favourite song George Harrison wrote or sung for the Beatles | Fab Forum | The Beatles Bible

Here’s my imput.

28) Roll Over Beethoven – 1/10

27) Devil In Her Heart – 2/10

26) Within You Without You – 2/10

25) For You Blue – 2/10

24) Think For Yourself – 2/10

23) Long, Long, Long – 3/10

22) Only A Northern Song – 3/10

21) Piggies – 3/10

20) Don’t Bother Me – 4/10

19) I Need You – 4/10

18) You Like Me Too Much – 4/10

17) Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby – 5/10

16) While My Guitar Gently Weeps – 5/10

15) The Inner Light – 5/10

14) Chains – 5/10

13) Old Brown Shoe – 5/10

12) I’m Happy Just To Dance With You – 6/10

11) Something – 6/10

10) Do You Want To Know A Secret – 7/10

9) Love You To – 7/10

8) It’s All Too Much – 8/10

7) Taxman – 8/10

6) Blue Jay Way – 8/10

5) Savoy Truffle – 8/10

4) I Me Mine – 8/10

3) If I Needed Someone – 8/10

2) Here Comes The Sun – 9/10

1) I Want To Tell You 9/10

I Want To Tell You is possibly my favourite of his. I think it’s the most confident and well-arranged, also the one where he shows his most honest and un-pretentious, it sounds like something by Paul or John, which means it’s at their level. The riff is great also. If not, then Here Comes The Sun , which has been overplayed, but it’s still charming and beautiful.

@sir walter raleigh said
I am also stunned at how low you rated some of those. Give some of them another chance, they are great songs!

I am aware of the issue as I’ve faced criticism many times for my skepticism towards Beatles-era Harrison in the past. But frankly, I’m afraid the ones you’re probably referring to haven’t been not checked out enough. I’m on the line of people who prefer to listen to albums wholistically, which has given me lots of chances to get to enjoy the tracks I didn’t get at first. I rarely listen to just “tracks”. Beatles albums have been probably the main soundtrack of my life for the past few years. And in my experience, the tracks you’re referring to have only gotten down on my rankings. I used to enjoy Something , but with time I’ve come to discover everytime I listen to it I get kind of bored and I’m just waiting for it to be finished; a lot of people praise the riff or the vocal melodies, but even though it is mildly charming, I think it’s bland. Within You Without You used to be tolerable but it’s too long and each time I just find it less and less original. And with While My Guitar Gently Weeps , well, you already know I have history with it, I’ve given that track many chances and we just don’t get along.

I’m a big fan of All Things Must Pass . It’s one of my very few 10/10 records. But that contrasts with the fact that I hold the belief that George Harrison was an overrated Beatle (there’s a lot of people who think he’s the best and I would have to wholeheartly disagree having Paul and John on line I mean come on), and unfortunately his greatest hits I’ve never been fond of. With the exception of Here Comes The Sun , which I found phenomenally arraged. As far as I know he flourished to the fullest after the break-up and his first and best masterpiece was Wah-Wah .