George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass"

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Donald Barthelme drops a reference to "Wah Wah" in one of his short stories. Now that's respect...

― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Saturday, 28 October 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I've read the same thing about Wah Wah. I think George is using the guitar pedal as a metaphor for musical scraps that McCartney had given Harrison.

Wah-wah
You've given me a wah-wah
And Im thinking of you
And all the things that we used to do
Wah-wah, wah-wah

Wah-wah
You made me such a big star
Being there at the right time
Cheaper than a dime
Wah-wah, youve given me your wah-wah, wah-wah

Oh, you dont see me crying
Oh, you dont hear me sighing

Wah-wah
I dont need no wah-wah
And I know how sweet life can be
If I keep myself free from the wah-wah
I dont need no wah-wah

Oh, you dont see me crying
Hey baby, you dont hear me sighing
Oh, no no-no no

Wah-wah
Now I dont need no wah-wahs
And I know how sweet life can be
If I keep myself free - of wah-wah
I dont need no wah-wah

― darin (darin), Saturday, 28 October 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

A great album that has gained a lot from the great remaster job.

However, they should have stopped at the double album back then. The third album consists of completely pointless jams that drag the entire album considerably down.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 28 October 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Definitely the best of the post-Beatles solo stuff. Agree with everyone about how great "Wah-wah" is and how bad the jam is.

― vartman (novaheat), Sunday, 29 October 2006 04:56 (nineteen years ago)

I missed my chance to get in at fourth post and say "Sweet Lord Sotosyn, we don't need your 'Wah Wah'"

― The Redd 47 Ronin (Ken L), Sunday, 29 October 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

The best post-Beatles solo albums were "Tug Of War", "Pipes Of Peace" and "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard". It wouldn't even consider it Harrison's best solo album ("Cloud Nine" is better), but "All Things Must Pass" is still great, and better than anything John Lennon ever did as a solo act.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

Pipes of Peace is about the fortieth best solo Beatle album, i.e., one of the worst. Cloud Nine had weaker material than the four Dark Horse albums that preceded it but I guess people liked it because it had Jeff Lynne and Eric Clapton and Ringo playing on it instead of the alleged hacks (like, you know, Willie Weeks and Billy Preston) who played on the others.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

who liked Cloud Nine besides Rolling Stone, I wonder? ("Geir" is not an answer.)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

Me!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

ELO fans?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

Jeff Lynne's sound makes me a little queasy.

― pj (Henry), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Seems to me I've seen the take that Cloud Nine was a significant comeback album (i.e., not just in the sense that he hadn't made an album in five years) a lot over the years. AMG's got:

33 1/3 - 3 stars
s/t '79 album - 4 stars
Somewhere in England - 3 1/2 stars
Gone Troppo - 1 star : (
Cloud Nine - 4 1/2 stars

Well, at least there's some credit for the late '70s/early '80s stuff there.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

("Geir" is not an answer.)

This should be in the FAQ. I've never disagreed so much with someone who hadn't just pissed his clothes.

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

"The pope owns 51 percent of General Motors. The stock exchange is the only thing he's qualified to quote us. "

!! I have always wondered what this fucking verse is! Easily my favorite song on the album.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

Am I the only one who prefers the "Jams" over the rest of the album?

xpost well maybe cause I owned a copy of only album three of this, back whenever, and got a cheapie HMV sale copy of the new remastered CD set more recently.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

I like some of the jamz I'll admit it.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 October 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

The jams are nice enough in the background. I wonder how the album's flow/feel would change with them strewn among the songs instead of sequestered at the end.

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Monday, 30 October 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

well, it was a "significant comeback album" in that it sold a lot and spawned a No. 1 single. I guess it got decent reviews at the time, but I don't know if that makes it a critical hit, per se.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 30 October 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I don't know how big a critical hit it was either - I'm just saying I've often seen it characterized as an artistic comeback.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

Fair enough; you've read more about it than I have, probably.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 30 October 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

The meme then and now is "Best album since All Things Must Pass." I know it got a good RS review, but what else is new. This and the Wilburys album released in late '88 did a lot to revive Harrison's reptuation; suddenly he had a sense of humor! he can write other kinds of songs besides windy, badly sung Krishna rants!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

The meme then and now is "Best album since All Things Must Pass."

isn't that more or less the official line on every solo album every beatle has ever released?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 30 October 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

suddenly he had a sense of humor!

Hi dere: http://web.mit.edu/scholvin/www/harrison/gifs/c310_00.jpg

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

This is the guy whose John Lennon tribute song had silly synthesizer parts and doo wop background vocals.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

KNEE-SLAPPING

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 30 October 2006 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm.. I must have written something wrong here. "Pipes Of Peace" is obviously not among the best of anything at all. I meant "Flowers In The Dirt".

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

who liked Cloud Nine besides Rolling Stone, I wonder?

Lots of people, obviously, judging from the fact that it was his most popular solo album since the first two.

And, yes, ELO fans were among then, and ELO fans usually know good music when they hear it. That is why they are ELO fans.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

"Good times drinking on me bottle"

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 22:38 (nineteen years ago)

"Sun hot - you don't got a backache"

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

no one ever mentions my favorite George solo tune (well, its a tie between this and "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long"), the finest entry on the well-loved Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack: http://www.jpgr.co.uk/w2696.html

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 October 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I love "Cheer Down." It sounds like a real good Tom Petty song, i.e. too snarky for him to sing himself (even though he gets a cowrite credit)

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

George Harrison's best ever song after the breakup of The Beatles is of course the fantastic "When We Was Fab".

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

How much humor in music is actually something that makes people really laugh out loud, anyway? Gone Troppo is an incredibly silly record with wacky lyrics and arrangements, cover design by someone from the Bonzo Dog Band, and a nutty version of a ridiculous 1961 doo wop song.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 30 October 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

"Wake Up My Love" makes me laugh out loud, alright. The synth player sounds like he's hitting the keyboard with a dead bat.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 October 2006 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

Mike Moran:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Moran

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 00:20 (nineteen years ago)

I suppose that song has kind of a dopey groove, Alfred, but it is all part of the homespun fun. I like the guitar on it.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 00:27 (nineteen years ago)

Also, Alfred, did u realize that song involves a double entendre??? Lol.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

Wonderwall Music >>> All Things Must Pass

― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 02:38 (nineteen years ago)

Life With the Lions >>>>

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

Electronic Sound >>> Life With the Lions

― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

George Harrison (and John Lennon) helping to fund The Holy Mountain >>> all Beatles solo LPs.

― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

wasn't it El Topo ?

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

I just wish there was a film called "well-loved Lethal Weapon 2"

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

The funding of "The Life Of Brian" may be George Harrison's most important post-Beatles achievement.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

otm

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I'll go along with that one.

Also, rescuing "the long good friday" similarly.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

Also "Time Bandits"

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

>wasn't it El Topo ?

I think Lennon saw El Topo, flipped out, then they got Klein to green light Holy Mountain

& Life With The Lions >>>> Electronic Sound

― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

but Apple did release the El Topo s/t.
Life with the Lions >>>>>> almost anything !

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

those are two facts

shasta linked to this -- http://www.subcin.com/eltoposounds.html on the Alejandro Jodorowsky : RFI thread

― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

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Three-and-a-half hours long and it literally did not provide a single insight to me about the guy or his music.

Pretty sure that George would love that review - it'd appeal to his sense of the ridiculous.

― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 1 November 2015 14:20 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

His best. He had a few.

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 March 2017 03:30 (nine years ago)

A+ list Alfred. Only omission in my mind is "Let it Roll"

― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:54 (nine years ago)

I would've put "Wah-Wah" on there -- his anti-Paul pissiness was far better better than Lennon's ham-fisted attempts. Otherwise, ace list.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 16 March 2017 02:08 (nine years ago)

two weeks pass...

I still think it sounds like he's singing "mmmmmm, I love dick!" in the second verse of 'I Dig Love'

― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 22:26 (nine years ago)

no I'm singing it

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 22:47 (nine years ago)

Hehehehe!

― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 22:48 (nine years ago)

Lol, for sure

― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 23:27 (nine years ago)

He loves dick in the mornin'
He loves dick in the evenin'

― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Thursday, 6 April 2017 14:14 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

"Beware of Darkness" rules

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 December 2019 04:13 (six years ago)

beware of ABKCO !!

― budo jeru, Sunday, 22 December 2019 05:00 (six years ago)

george's version of "if not for you" on this album may be my favorite george performance of all

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Sunday, 22 December 2019 05:51 (six years ago)

beware of darkness! clapton's playing is really good on that

― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 December 2019 05:52 (six years ago)

xp!

the power of george compelled us to post at the same time

― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 December 2019 05:52 (six years ago)

ATMP is one of those albums where there's 10-12 contenders for the very best song and there's no real way to be wrong. feels good out here

― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 December 2019 05:54 (six years ago)

there are

― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 December 2019 05:54 (six years ago)

the power of george compels you

― budo jeru, Sunday, 22 December 2019 06:15 (six years ago)

so many amazing tracks, not sure what i would pick

― budo jeru, Sunday, 22 December 2019 06:16 (six years ago)

george's version of "if not for you" on this album may be my favorite george performance of all

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Sunday, December 22, 2019

Heavy competition from "Apple Scruffs" though.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 December 2019 12:14 (six years ago)

like both of those

― Don’t Slander Meme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 December 2019 12:35 (six years ago)

You had “What Is Life” on your best-of rundown, but maybe you are making a distinction between song and performance.

― Don’t Slander Meme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 December 2019 12:59 (six years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/1qPmqCt.jpg

― del griffith, Sunday, 22 December 2019 23:07 (six years ago)

four years pass...

I love how the outro of Isn't It A Pity (version 1) simultaneously threatens to turn into that of Hey Jude, Carry That Weight and I Am The Walrus

― Alba, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 13:46 (one year ago)

Haha yeah -- George's fuck you to his mates. "See? I can do this long fadeout shit too!"

― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 13:57 (one year ago)

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