The Beatles Bible - Topic: George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

BBCSessions1963 on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:03:17 +0000

George's "creepy" Beatles songs for me include Blue Jay Way, an that last part of Long Long Long. Still both some of my favorite George composistions.

mja6758 on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:58:41 +0000

Here's a theory. Maybe we've had it wrong all these years. Maybe it shouldn't have been "Paul is Dead", but George! Maybe George was replaced by Billy Shears, and that explains the change in his voice!

bewareofchairs on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:09:17 +0000

Inner Light said

bewareofchairs said

Funny Paper said

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
I don't think of Harrison's songs as creepy.

Having said that, he does do a lot of complaining and preaching, and to my ear his voice can be thin and /or lugubrious (the perfect complement to the Lennon and McCartney timbres).

In two of his three most famous Beatle songs ("Something" and "Here Comes the Sun"), he opted out of the preachy/complaining mode to great effect, and the third one ("While My Guitar GW) was considerably lightened and enhanced by the production (harmony, piano, Clapton...)

He also ...

Long John Silver on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:03:32 +0000

Funny Paper said
Well, if by George's own admission he was flawed, then why can't he have the flaw of occasional arrogance? I still think it was presumptuous of him to deem John ignorant of the "true meaning" of his own lyrics.

Where did he say that? In some interview or...?

parlance on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:07:24 +0000

bikelock28 said
I love both of the singing styles so I don't think its a bad thing at all- just a bit unexpected. Does anyone else agree? Or is it just me?

On a related note, it's still kind of hard to believe the same person who sang "All Things Must Pass" also did "I've Got My Mind Set on You." Almost sounds like a different voice entirely.

parlance

fabfouremily on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:02 +0000

bikelock28 said
You know what I think's creepy? From PPM to Sgt Pepper, George sings in a lovely, lazy Liverpudlian drawl; even in the spiritual wisom of Love To You and Within You Without You, you can still hear his elongated vowels and the flatness (as in tone, not pitch) of his voice- but suddenly in The White Album, his voice is all different. George's voice The White Album through to Let It Be sounds higher-pitched and more singy, haunting and operatic, and his accent is less obvious.

I love both of the singing styles so I don't think its a bad thing at all- just a bit ...

bikelock28 on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:08:40 +0000

You know what I think's creepy? From PPM to Sgt Pepper, George sings in a lovely, lazy Liverpudlian drawl; even in the spiritual wisom of Love To You and Within You Without You, you can still hear his elongated vowels and the flatness (as in tone, not pitch) of his voice- but suddenly in The White Album, his voice is all different. George's voice The White Album through to Let It Be sounds higher-pitched and more singy, haunting and operatic, and his accent is less obvious.

I love both of the singing styles so I don't think its a bad thing at all- just a bit unexpected. Does anyone ...

Inner Light on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:34:35 +0000

bewareofchairs said

Funny Paper said

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
I don't think of Harrison's songs as creepy.

Having said that, he does do a lot of complaining and preaching, and to my ear his voice can be thin and /or lugubrious (the perfect complement to the Lennon and McCartney timbres).

In two of his three most famous Beatle songs ("Something" and "Here Comes the Sun"), he opted out of the preachy/complaining mode to great effect, and the third one ("While My Guitar GW) was considerably lightened and enhanced by the production (harmony, piano, Clapton...)

He also seemed rather arrogant ...

bewareofchairs on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:33:01 +0000

Funny Paper said
Well, if by George's own admission he was flawed, then why can't he have the flaw of occasional arrogance? I still think it was presumptuous of him to deem John ignorant of the "true meaning" of his own lyrics.

Haha, good point. I agree it was presumptuous of him, and I'm sure he was arrogant at times. I just don't think he was generally speaking, especially when he got older and took it down a notch.

Funny Paper on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:15:29 +0000

Well, if by George's own admission he was flawed, then why can't he have the flaw of occasional arrogance? I still think it was presumptuous of him to deem John ignorant of the "true meaning" of his own lyrics.

bewareofchairs on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:01:58 +0000

Funny Paper said

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
I don't think of Harrison's songs as creepy.

Having said that, he does do a lot of complaining and preaching, and to my ear his voice can be thin and /or lugubrious (the perfect complement to the Lennon and McCartney timbres).

In two of his three most famous Beatle songs ("Something" and "Here Comes the Sun"), he opted out of the preachy/complaining mode to great effect, and the third one ("While My Guitar GW) was considerably lightened and enhanced by the production (harmony, piano, Clapton...)

He also seemed rather arrogant about his ...

Gerell on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:01:16 +0000

Funny that the riff in "It's All Too Much" reminds me of Michael Jackson's "Black and White". They sound way too similar.

Inner Light on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:48:04 +0000

Funny Paper said

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
I don't think of Harrison's songs as creepy.

Having said that, he does do a lot of complaining and preaching, and to my ear his voice can be thin and /or lugubrious (the perfect complement to the Lennon and McCartney timbres).

In two of his three most famous Beatle songs ("Something" and "Here Comes the Sun"), he opted out of the preachy/complaining mode to great effect, and the third one ("While My Guitar GW) was considerably lightened and enhanced by the production (harmony, piano, Clapton...)

He also seemed rather arrogant about his ...

Funny Paper on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:39:01 +0000

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
I don't think of Harrison's songs as creepy.

Having said that, he does do a lot of complaining and preaching, and to my ear his voice can be thin and /or lugubrious (the perfect complement to the Lennon and McCartney timbres).

In two of his three most famous Beatle songs ("Something" and "Here Comes the Sun"), he opted out of the preachy/complaining mode to great effect, and the third one ("While My Guitar GW) was considerably lightened and enhanced by the production (harmony, piano, Clapton...)

He also seemed rather arrogant about his spirituality. He had the ...

Into the Sky with Diamonds on George's Creepy Songs While With The Beatles

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:10:17 +0000

I don't think of Harrison's songs as creepy.

Having said that, he does do a lot of complaining and preaching, and to my ear his voice can be thin and /or lugubrious (the perfect complement to the Lennon and McCartney timbres).

In two of his three most famous Beatle songs ("Something" and "Here Comes the Sun"), he opted out of the preachy/complaining mode to great effect, and the third one ("While My Guitar GW) was considerably lightened and enhanced by the production (harmony, piano, Clapton...)