johnny schrieb am 2.12. 2001 um 13:35:20 Uhr zu
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er selbst hat es am besten gewusst:
All Things Must Pass
Writer, lead vocal: George Harrison
A cloudburst doesn't last all day
Seems my love is up
And has left you with no warning
But it's not always going to be this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
Sunset doesn't last all evening
A mind can blow those clouds away
After all this my love is up
And must be leaving
It has not always been this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
All things must pass
None of life's strings can last
So I must be on my way
And face another day
Now the darkness only stays at nighttime
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good
At arriving at the right time
It's not always going to be this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
All things must pass
All things must pass away
liverbird schrieb am 2.12. 2001 um 00:52:33 Uhr zu
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GEORGE HARRISON
As lead guitarist for the Beatles, George Harrison provided the band with a lyrical style of playing in which every note mattered.Harrison was one of millions of young Britons inspired to take up the guitar by British skiffle king Lonnie Donegan's recording of »Rock Island Line.« But he had more dedication than most, and with the encouragement of a slightly older school friend -- Paul McCartney -- he advanced quickly in his technique and command of the instrument. Harrison developed his style and technique slowly and painstakingly over the several years, learning everything he could from the records of Carl Perkins, Duane Eddy, Chet Atkins, Buddy Holly, and Eddie Cochran. By age 15, he was allowed to sit in with the Quarry Men, the Liverpool group founded by John Lennon, of which McCartney was a member; by 16 he was a full-fledged member of the group.
The Beatles finally coalesced around Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and drummer Ringo Starr in 1962, with Harrison established on lead guitar. The Beatlemania years, from 1963 through 1966, were a mixed blessing for Harrison. The Beatles' studio sound was generally characterized by very prominent rhythm guitar parts, and on many of the Beatles' early songs, Harrison's lead guitar was buried beneath the chiming chords of Lennon's instrument. Additionally, he was thwarted as a songwriter by the presence of Lennon and McCartney -- the quality and prolificacy of their output left very little room on the group's albums for songs by anyone else. Despite these problems, Harrison grew markedly as a musician between 1963 and 1966, writing a handful of good songs and one classic (»If I Needed Someone«), and also making his first acquaintance of the sitar, an Indian instrument whose sound fascinated him.
In 1966, Harrison finally seemed to find his voice, with two of his songs on the Revolver album, »Taxman« and »Love You Too.« In the wake of the group's decision to stop touring, Harrison's playing and songwriting grew exponentially. The period from 1968 onward was Harrison's richest with the Beatles. He displayed a smooth, elegant slide guitar technique that showed up on their last three albums, and contributed two classic songs, »While My Guitar Gently Weeps« and »Here Comes the Sun,« along with »Something,« which became the first Harrison song on the A-side of a Beatles single.
Although never known as a strong singer, Harrison's vocals were always distinctive, especially when placed in the right setting -- for his first solo record following the group's 1970 break-up, All Things Must Pass, Harrison collaborated with producer Phil Spector, whose so-called »wall of sound« technique adapted well to Harrison's voice. All Things Must Pass and the accompanying single »My Sweet Lord« had the distinction of being the first solo recordings by any of the Beatles to top the charts following their breakup. Unfortunately, Harrison was later successfully sued by the publisher of the 1962 Chiffons hit »He's So Fine,« which bore a striking resemblance to »My Sweet Lord.«
Harrison followed All Things Must Pass with rock's first major charity event, The Concert for Bangladesh, which was staged as two shows at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1971 to help raise money for aid to that famine-ravaged nation. The second of the two all-star shows was released as a movie and a live triple album. Harrison's next studio album, Living in the Material World, initially sold well, but its leaner, less opulent production lacked the majestic force of All Things Must Pass, and it lacked the earlier album's mass appeal. Subsequent Harrison albums from the 1970s into the '80s always had an audience, but except for Somewhere in England (1981), released in the wake of the murder of John Lennon with the memorial song »All Those Years Ago,« none seemed terribly well-crafted or executed. During this same period, Harrison embarked on a successful career as a movie producer with the founding of Handmade Films.
In 1987, Harrison made a return to the top of the charts with his album Cloud Nine, which featured his most inspired work in years, most notably a cover of an old Rudy Clark gospel number called »Got My Mind Set on You,« which reached number one on the charts. In 1988, Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison formed the Traveling Wilburys, who have since released two very successful albums.
Susi schrieb am 1.12. 2001 um 11:30:57 Uhr zu
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dieses Lied von George mochte Frank Sinatra - er sang es auch
Something
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around and it may show
I don't know, I don't know
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
miles schrieb am 3.12. 2001 um 11:24:45 Uhr zu
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Ein Beatle wird dynamisch
Alle Dinge müssen vergehen, aber es gibt auch Ausnahmen. George Harrisons vor 30 Jahren von vielen Beatles-Fans geradezu enthusiastisch aufgenommenes Solodebüt »All Things Must Pass« zeigte den filigranen Gitarristen von seiner dynamischen Seite. Bei der Jubiläumsausgabe anno 2001 dokumentiert er dies unfreiwillig - mit einer Neueinspielung von »My Sweet Lord 2001« (mit Sohn Dhani und Sängerin Sam Brown): Harrison sah zwar 1971 fast schon so alt aus, wie er heute ist, aber der Schwung damals war doch größer.
Den Song für »All Things Must Pass« hatte Harrison im Jahr der Beatles-Trennung mit Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, der kompletten Band Badfinger und Studiogästen von Eric Clapton bis zum damals unbekannten, 19-jährigen Phil Collins den letzten Schliff gegeben: Tatsächlich spielte fast jeder mit, der damals Rang und Namen hatte.
Musikalische SeelenverwandschaftAnfang 1971 stand das damalige Dreifach-Vinyl-Album auf dem Spitzenplatz der US-Billboard-Charts. Wie wichtig Harrison für den Beatles-Sound war, lässt sich an diesem Werk hervorragend studieren. Aber es steht auch für sich; Harrison teilt mit Clapton, der damals auf Intervention der Plattenfirmen in England nicht namentlich als Mitwirkender aufgeführt werden durfte, eine musikalische Seelenverwandtschaft. Mit dem Unterschied: Clapton stand damals am Anfang einer Solokarriere, für die Cream eine Grundlage war; Harrison hatte schon damals mehr erreicht, als er solo jemals übertreffen konnte. Für dieses Jahr hat er das erste Studioalbum seit 1987 (»Cloud Nine«) angekündigt. Die Jubiläumsausgabe enthält fünf bislang unveröffentlichte Songs und erstmals die komplette Jam-Session, die instrumentalen Spaß über gut eine halbe Stunde vermittelt. Für Sammler ein Muss.