George Harrison would have turned 68 today, so I offer you a later (possibly from the 1991 Japan gigs?) rendition of "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)," a lovely tune with a typically Harrisonesque complex chord progression that he managed to make flow like soothing bathwater (F, Fdim, Gm, C, Am, C, Eflat, Bflat, for those of you who are interested; you put the capo on the third fret, though, and you actually play D, Ddim, Em, A...etc...you take it from there).
It's difficult to say one feels badly for a member of one of the most celebrated musical acts in the history of the human race whose net worth was more than the GDP of some countries. He had a grand life. Yet he had a difficult time in some ways too. Extremely solitary by nature, he never wanted to be quite that famous. And that stabbing: imagine what a horror that had to be, just for making music that made so many people happy. And of course he died far too early. So happy birthday. Dhani, if you somehow trip across this, that was some wonderful dad you had.
Best Harrison songs?
1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2. Here Comes the Sun
3. Taxman (yes, reactionary, who cares, great song)
4. Don't Bother Me (waaaay underrated)
5. It's All Too Much (what?! yes!)
6. What Is Life?
7. Apple Scruffs
8. Give Me Love
9. Old Brown Shoe
10. Think for Yourself
Discuss.
No quiz today as I am preoccupied with certain matters, but there just might be (might be, he said) not one but two quizzes next week! Details later.
UPDATE: The redoubtable and sturdy mark13 is of course correct below. Something is way up there. No. 3, maybe even 2. You know the Sinatra story? He once called Lennon and McCartney the greatest songwriters of the last 20 years or whatever (this was the mid-70s, maybe). The greatest "Lennon-McCartney song" he named...Something.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2011/feb/25/georgeharrison
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