R_of_G
November 28th, 2007, 05:12 PM
Tomorrow marks the six year anniversary of George Harrison reaching the clearing at the end of the path. As George was a hindu, I suspect he'd appreciate the anniversary of his passing being celebrated as much as that of his birth, so I celebrate every Nov. 29 as George Harrison day. I am fortunate enough to be able to listen to music at work all day, and tomorrow will be nothing but George like yesterday was nothing but Jimi.
The Beatles were my first favorite band when I was a kid and nobody has ever replaced them at the top of my list. A VERY large part of that obsession with the Beatles is George's tone. I believe I mentioned in a thread on favorite songwriters that I consider George to be among the most underrated songwriters of all time. I have most of George, John and Paul's post-Beatle catalogs, and for me, All Things Must Pass remains my favorite Beatle solo project. I also enjoy Wonderwall Music quite a bit, but everyone should know by know I am an Indian music junkie. It is thanks to George that I first got into listening to Indian classical music [like jazz, once I "got it" I couldn't remember what I didn't get about it before].
Anyway, in honor of George, here is some video...
My favorite first...
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George and Paul Simon on SNL in 1976 doing two songs, one by each of them...
j_1Zpmh0INc
George and Dylan rehearsing "If Not For You" for The Concert for Bangladesh...
cdvjoIfGViU
An interview with George and Ravi Shankar...
V3l9awv1yhA
:master:
The Beatles were my first favorite band when I was a kid and nobody has ever replaced them at the top of my list. A VERY large part of that obsession with the Beatles is George's tone. I believe I mentioned in a thread on favorite songwriters that I consider George to be among the most underrated songwriters of all time. I have most of George, John and Paul's post-Beatle catalogs, and for me, All Things Must Pass remains my favorite Beatle solo project. I also enjoy Wonderwall Music quite a bit, but everyone should know by know I am an Indian music junkie. It is thanks to George that I first got into listening to Indian classical music [like jazz, once I "got it" I couldn't remember what I didn't get about it before].
Anyway, in honor of George, here is some video...
My favorite first...
95LFNe3Uw-w
George and Paul Simon on SNL in 1976 doing two songs, one by each of them...
j_1Zpmh0INc
George and Dylan rehearsing "If Not For You" for The Concert for Bangladesh...
cdvjoIfGViU
An interview with George and Ravi Shankar...
V3l9awv1yhA
:master: