Here Comes the Moon

 

(clicking imbiggens)

And that reminded me of this:

Full lyrics HERE.

The Line

"I believe that life goes on. So to me, I can’t get sad. I’m sad by I can’t go and play guitar with John. But then I did that anyway. I did that for a long time. We will all meet again somewhere down the line.”   ~George Harrison (source)

And that made me think of this:

Full lyrics HERE.

The Moon

(clicking imbiggens)

And that reminded me of this:

Full lyrics HERE.
 

Nothing Sister Mary Can Do

Full lyrics HERE.

Any Road'll Take You There

 This:

reminded me of this:

The quote in the graphic gets the gist of it, but is more a paraphrase than an exact quote.  You can read the original words for yourself in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll for free at Project Gutenberg, HERE.

The lyrics to George Harrison's song are available online HERE.

It Hit A Certain Spot In Me

"I had bought a very cheap sitar in a shop called India Craft in London, and it fitted on to the song ('Norwegian Wood') and it gave it that little extra thing. Even though the sound of the sitar was bad, they were still quite happy with it. At the same time as I played the sitar, very badly, on the Beatles' record, I began to hear Ravi Shankar's name. The third time, I thought, 'This is an odd coincidence.' I went out and bought some of Ravi's records, put them on, listened to them and it hit a certain spot in me that I can't explain, but it seemed familiar to me. The only way that I can describe it was my intellect didn't know what was going on and yet this other part of me identified with it. It just called on me."  ~George Harrisonm in The Beatles Off the Record by Keith Badman, (via)

...with a little compassion

"If we were all perfected beings we wouldn't be here in the physical world. The fact that we're all here in these bodies means that we're not perfected. So having accepted we're not perfected, we can allow for each others inadequacies or failings with a little compassion."  ~George Harrison 

Crackerbox Palace

 

Some times are good, some times are bad;
That's all a part of life
And standing in between them all
I met a Mr. Grief, and he said:

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace
Was not expecting you
Let's rap and tap at Crackerbox Palace
Know that the Lord is well and inside of you…

Full lyrics HERE.

Death And

 I saw this posted to Reddit:

And it reminded me of this:

Just For Today

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George's widow Olivia Harrison said that this song is her favorite of his.

Someone on YouTube pointed out that it has two separate guitar solos, which I suppose is the sort of thing that happens when the lead guitarist writes the song.  What I always enjoyed about it is that it seems like something from a 12-Step Program for people struggling with Life.

I was reminded of it recently when I read this poem by blogger Ria.

Full lyrics HERE.

The Incredible Side of George

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Here. Now.

“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one.”  ~George Harrison

Weeps

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George Harrison, Jeff Lynn, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Ray Cooper, Elton John…

The sad part is how many faces you saw reunite to perform this song at the Concert for George.

The thoughts in their heads / Manifest on their brow…

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Full lyrics HERE.

Even Some

I really want to know You…

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From Concert for George.

At the end, Billy Preston turns and gives Ringo a thumbs up, and Ringo responds by holding his sticks high in the air.  They know they nailed it.

Removed the dark from in me

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One of my favorites of his.

I found someone who showed me
Illumined my consciousness
Removed the dark from in me
And given me that which I have lost…

Full lyrics HERE.

If you are big enough to take it…

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George made this demo before handing it over to his friend Ringo.

Ringo took out the "Hare Krishna!," but otherwise left it pretty much the same.

Don't let her see a cloudy sky…

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From The Fire Squire:

 

Today’s Georgetune is one highlighted recently on the LFG FB page, here’s the wonderful ‘Take Good Care of My Baby’ performed at the infamous Decca audition, and led by 18-year-old George doing his best Buddy/Elvis/Bobby impression - and crikey, he’s great.

Based on this, I’m surprised Dick Rowe didn’t say “Well I’ll take the singing guitarist with the eyes, but get rid of the other three.” ;-).

 

This song was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and was Bobby Vee's biggest hit single.  Full lyrics HERE.