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Matthew T 
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Joined: February 01 2007 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 5291 |
 Posted: October 12 2010 at 14:24 |
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
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JLocke
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Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
Posted: October 12 2010 at 12:27 |
Sums up everything I was going to say.
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Lozlan
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Joined: December 09 2009 Location: New Mexico Status: Offline Points: 536 |
Posted: October 12 2010 at 11:40 |
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Had to vote for While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Possibly the most beautiful, sorrowful, searing song The Beatles ever laid down. I love the story behind it, too: apparently John and Paul were pretty dismissive of it, but Harrison persisted. It's certainly head and shoulders above anything Lennon/McCartney produced for The White Album, with the possible exception of Happiness Is A Warm Gun.
Also a TREMENDOUS fan of Blue Jay Way and I Me Mine. Never really gotten into Here Comes the Sun, though... |
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Certified Obscure Prog Fart.
The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
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chopper
Special Collaborator 
Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20033 |
Posted: October 12 2010 at 10:05 |
I assume you're taking the p*ss
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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Posted: October 12 2010 at 10:02 |
It seem ole George was treated as something of a third class citizen when it comes to song writing credits. They are and on impulse I went for Guitar. I'm not sure I know all of these but I do know most. |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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someone_else
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VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 24652 |
Posted: October 12 2010 at 07:14 |
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Here Comes th Sun. Love You Too, Long, Long, Long, Within You Without You as well.
Piggies is a nice ditty, of course.
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Intruder
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Joined: May 13 2005 Status: Offline Points: 2210 |
Posted: October 12 2010 at 06:26 |
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Always had a soft spot for George. My vote goes to It's All Too Much....but that'll change as soon as I hit the "post" button.
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Catcher10
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VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17973 |
Posted: August 19 2010 at 16:00 |
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never heard of them...are they any good?
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Chris S
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 09 2004 Location: Front Range Status: Offline Points: 7028 |
Posted: August 19 2010 at 14:59 |
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^ What an album
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...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
Posted: August 19 2010 at 14:46 |
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"Something" from Abbey Road. There you can see what a talent he was as a song writer. And then playing third violin after Lennon and McCartney. Yes, quite some talent in that band!
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akamaisondufromage
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VIP Member Joined: May 16 2009 Location: Blighty Status: Offline Points: 6797 |
Posted: August 19 2010 at 14:03 |
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Followed by the certain Taxman who is the other thing certain in life
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Help me I'm falling!
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Cactus Choir
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Joined: July 26 2008 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 1043 |
Posted: August 17 2010 at 10:10 |
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I Need You, especially for the great guitar sound, but he did lots of other good ones like Here Comes the Sun and It's All Too Much (Steve Hillage did a great progged up version of that).
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub" |
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Hawkwise
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Joined: May 31 2008 Location: Ontairo Status: Offline Points: 4119 |
Posted: August 17 2010 at 07:36 |
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I Voted Taxman
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20436 |
Posted: August 17 2010 at 03:45 |
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It always amazes me to see that I Me Mine on Let It Be is sooooo overlooked.
Here Comes The Sun and Guitar Gently Weeps round out the top three.
I'd also mention Badge that (from Cream) was written during Beatles days. Edited by Sean Trane - August 17 2010 at 03:46 |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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rod65
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Joined: January 28 2010 Status: Offline Points: 248 |
Posted: August 16 2010 at 11:39 |
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While My Guitar Genly Weeps, though It's All Too Much is a very close second.
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halabalushindigus
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Joined: November 05 2009 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 1438 |
Posted: August 15 2010 at 16:09 |
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..there's a fog upon L.A....
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rip George Harrison
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assume the power 1586/14.3 |
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javier0889
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Joined: March 21 2010 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 170 |
Posted: August 15 2010 at 13:56 |
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Blue Jay Way. I love the post rock vibe of that song, and the fact that this song was released like 35 years before post rock.
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http://www.last.fm/user/javier0889
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chopper
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20033 |
Posted: August 15 2010 at 04:09 |
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Has to be "Here Comes The Sun"
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Chris S
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 09 2004 Location: Front Range Status: Offline Points: 7028 |
Posted: August 15 2010 at 03:28 |
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^ All Things Must Pass suffered from proximity to no-one. An absolute classic. I would put him on a par with the other two
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...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
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resurrection
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Joined: August 08 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 254 |
Posted: August 15 2010 at 02:23 |
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George made worthwhile contributions to the Beatles song catalogue, but didn't really have the same level of class as Lennon-McCartney. His best two songs were While my guitar gently sleeps and Here comes the Sun. He tended to be rather derivative in his structures and flow of melody was often lacking, more like B-sides of a single. Without probably intending to, he took other's ideas and developed them as his own. My Sweet Lord was sued for plagarism, and the whole concept of Something was taken from a James Taylor song Something in the way she moves (he produced James Taylor for Apple). But again, I stress that his contribution was worthwhile, probably suffering from proximity to two exceptional songwriters.
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