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Mar 15, 2004, 01:08 PM
I had the original cd of George Harrison for some time, now what’s missing is a vinyl version, and I had listened to it a lot before the box set came out, so the album is more well known to me.
The album kicks in with “Love Comes To Everyone”. George assuring us that “love comes to everyone”. Knowing George he could have well meant God’s love, but the lyrics could be read as “you will find someone, love will come your way eventually”, but it’s not up to me to say what the song is about period. Sung over a beatiful melody, not one instruments is heard over the other but they all blend well into each other, including George’s slide parts.
“Not Guilty” in its original form would never have fit this album, but here the angry guitar parts have been removed in favour of a more laid back feeling. I might have a preference for the Beatles version, but I can see how this version reflects the George of 1979.
It’s unfortunate that by naming a song “Here Comes The Moon” naturaly people would compare it to “Here Comes The Sun”. It’s a fantastic song in his own right., full of beatiful guitar parts, from the intro till the end this song is a delight.The way George makes his guitar sound is fantastic.
Some say that “Pure Smokey” was about drugs, while I simply don’t agree.Not that I am naive or something, I knew the Beatles, including George took drugs, but simply because when George says it’s a tribut to Smokey Robinson I believe him.Now if George would write a song about a kind of drugs he would have called it something like “Soft Hearted Hana” and would not be vague about it.
“They relate to Hana on the Island of Maui, Hawaii, where I had some ‘magic mushrooms’ and the words are about that.”. You can imagine that stare when someone has some drugs, the glazing eyes still smiling. Musicaly somewhat of a standout in the way that it it’s more diverse, and not one of the ballads.
“If I am happy then everyone around me is happy”.
George was a bit embarrased by the tune at first, nothing really to be embarrased about.
The song is positive both the lyrics and music are very uplifting, never fails to make me feel better. George delivers another haunted slide solo, which makes you break away from whatever negative mood your in. It was a justified single.
I don’t share George’s love for auto racing with him, but I love this tribute to the entire formula one circus. The whole song absorbs me from the slide guitar that opens the song till the end. While the lyrics refers to someone who became a star in the formula one circus, they also relate to George himself, or other so called stars.
With “Dark Sweet Lady” were back to the ballads and soft mood of the album.
Actually a soft breezy mood, where you feel like you’re in Hawaii at sunset having a cool drink. One of the few pure love songs, but then again something more then that.
The melody of “Your Love is Forever” is spiritualy moving, beautiful instrumental landscape.George’s guitar and Steve Winwood’s synts, which sounds like a mellotron, are the main force. Listen at the end where George does some short but very sweet guitar parts, underlined by the synths.
“Sublime is the summertime is warm and lazy... These are perfect days like Heaven’s about here”. And it is. The lyrics till almost at the end leaves open as wheter George sings about God’s love, till “The guiding light in all your love shines on. The only lover worth it all”.
Continueing with another beautiful melody, with breezy slide guitar parts “Soft Touch” is another song you can dream away to. Another one against a Hawaii setting.
Now who can blame Jeff Lynne for making George sound like ELO, here George did it by himself, well almost by himself and I love it. The fast guitar slide rifs, the what I can only describe as bang bangs drums. With lyrics that make you want to focus on the positive rather then negative, together with the music it can’t fail.
A good thing about the re-isue is the bonus track, a beautiful acoustic of “Here Comes The Moon”.
George Harrison is a very consistent album. It doesn’t rock very hard, neither does it try to, or has the funk and all the different styles of 33 & 1/3, with just a few uptempo songs that jumps out of the laid back mood of the album. But it’s never right, like on the diverse 33 & 1/3,were someone might say, oh I like that song but the cover of “True Love” is not my style, wonder who said that, could be me. On George Harrison however if you like one song you’ll probably like them all. And I love the album, it’s one of those I can play in its entirely.
Now moving to Somewhere In England.
The album kicks in with “Love Comes To Everyone”. George assuring us that “love comes to everyone”. Knowing George he could have well meant God’s love, but the lyrics could be read as “you will find someone, love will come your way eventually”, but it’s not up to me to say what the song is about period. Sung over a beatiful melody, not one instruments is heard over the other but they all blend well into each other, including George’s slide parts.
“Not Guilty” in its original form would never have fit this album, but here the angry guitar parts have been removed in favour of a more laid back feeling. I might have a preference for the Beatles version, but I can see how this version reflects the George of 1979.
It’s unfortunate that by naming a song “Here Comes The Moon” naturaly people would compare it to “Here Comes The Sun”. It’s a fantastic song in his own right., full of beatiful guitar parts, from the intro till the end this song is a delight.The way George makes his guitar sound is fantastic.
Some say that “Pure Smokey” was about drugs, while I simply don’t agree.Not that I am naive or something, I knew the Beatles, including George took drugs, but simply because when George says it’s a tribut to Smokey Robinson I believe him.Now if George would write a song about a kind of drugs he would have called it something like “Soft Hearted Hana” and would not be vague about it.
“They relate to Hana on the Island of Maui, Hawaii, where I had some ‘magic mushrooms’ and the words are about that.”. You can imagine that stare when someone has some drugs, the glazing eyes still smiling. Musicaly somewhat of a standout in the way that it it’s more diverse, and not one of the ballads.
“If I am happy then everyone around me is happy”.
George was a bit embarrased by the tune at first, nothing really to be embarrased about.
The song is positive both the lyrics and music are very uplifting, never fails to make me feel better. George delivers another haunted slide solo, which makes you break away from whatever negative mood your in. It was a justified single.
I don’t share George’s love for auto racing with him, but I love this tribute to the entire formula one circus. The whole song absorbs me from the slide guitar that opens the song till the end. While the lyrics refers to someone who became a star in the formula one circus, they also relate to George himself, or other so called stars.
With “Dark Sweet Lady” were back to the ballads and soft mood of the album.
Actually a soft breezy mood, where you feel like you’re in Hawaii at sunset having a cool drink. One of the few pure love songs, but then again something more then that.
The melody of “Your Love is Forever” is spiritualy moving, beautiful instrumental landscape.George’s guitar and Steve Winwood’s synts, which sounds like a mellotron, are the main force. Listen at the end where George does some short but very sweet guitar parts, underlined by the synths.
“Sublime is the summertime is warm and lazy... These are perfect days like Heaven’s about here”. And it is. The lyrics till almost at the end leaves open as wheter George sings about God’s love, till “The guiding light in all your love shines on. The only lover worth it all”.
Continueing with another beautiful melody, with breezy slide guitar parts “Soft Touch” is another song you can dream away to. Another one against a Hawaii setting.
Now who can blame Jeff Lynne for making George sound like ELO, here George did it by himself, well almost by himself and I love it. The fast guitar slide rifs, the what I can only describe as bang bangs drums. With lyrics that make you want to focus on the positive rather then negative, together with the music it can’t fail.
A good thing about the re-isue is the bonus track, a beautiful acoustic of “Here Comes The Moon”.
George Harrison is a very consistent album. It doesn’t rock very hard, neither does it try to, or has the funk and all the different styles of 33 & 1/3, with just a few uptempo songs that jumps out of the laid back mood of the album. But it’s never right, like on the diverse 33 & 1/3,were someone might say, oh I like that song but the cover of “True Love” is not my style, wonder who said that, could be me. On George Harrison however if you like one song you’ll probably like them all. And I love the album, it’s one of those I can play in its entirely.
Now moving to Somewhere In England.