Storytellers - Something

[FPSHOT]

'Something was written on the piano while we were making the White album. I had a break while Paul was doing some overdubbing......so I went into an empty studio - studio 1 Abbey Road - and began to write. That's really all there is to it, except the middle took some time to sort out.

It didn't go on the White Album because we'd already finished all the tracks.

I gave it to Joe Cocker- Moon - a year before I did it.

It's probably got a range of five notes which fits most singers'needs best. This I suppose is my most succesfull song with over 150 cover versions. My favourite version is the one by James Brown, that was excellent. When I wrote it, in my mind I heard Ray Charles singing it, and he did do it some years later. I like Smokey Robinson's version too.

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[old_moon_shining]

I love the low-key way he said he wrote it - like he wasn't even trying. The best things in life happen like that.

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[darkhorse]

The fun part of it is that everybody sees "Something" (including myself, of course) as one of the most beautiful love songs ever written, and thinks about George writing it about Patti... While in fact he was thinking about Ray Charles (!) when he wrote it... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[bearkat77]

"Something" is definitely one of the best songs George ever wrote. I just find it hard to believe what Frank Sinatra said about it. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[old_moon_shining]

A very long shadow had been cast. I'm not suggesting that that is wrong but it must have been very tough for him.

Actually Paul is offended by what Frank said too and when you think about it that is right. It probably discredits Lennon and McCartney more than Harrison.

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"All men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and continue on as if nothing had happened" - Winston Churchill.

[This Message Has Been Edited By old_moon_shining On July 14, 2001 11:08 PM]

[ABCKO]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By old_moon_shining:
I love the low-key way he said he wrote it - like he wasn't even trying. The best things in life happen like that.

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Could'nt agree with you more...

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[FPSHOT]

There is an interview which I will try to find, where he also sais that at the time of the first creation of Something, during the White Album sessions as said, they were all stoned.

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Don't get the breaks like some of us do
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