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To: subterfuge
Sorry, but no, that is wrong. George was the best muscician in the band. He had help writing the songs he did publish

Yeah, George needed so much help writing his songs that after the Beatles broke up, he was the first to put out a solo album---a double one at that---called All Things Must Pass which pretty much blows away anything any solo Beatle did, with the possible exception of some of Lennon's material. Harrison was an exceptional songwriter; his membership in a band that contained two of the most prolific songwriters of the 20th century was the only thing holding George back. Typically, George only got one or two of his songs on a Beatles album because John and Paul rigged it that way, not because George was a sub-par songwriter.

31 posted on 06/04/2010 10:31:25 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Amen. George was a pretty decent human being as well. Paul and John treated George badly and they knew the money was in song publishing. George was a pretty shy, non-aggressive person who was also the youngest member. If people think bands are a nice place where everyone loves each other then they are dreaming. See Roger Waters the tyrant in Pink Floyd. He made Rick Wright's life pretty miserable along with David Gilmour. Wright was a pretty quiet guy too. John was no saint either. A lousy father with lots of mental issues.
35 posted on 06/04/2010 10:53:48 AM PDT by Frantzie (Democrats = Party of I*lam)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

All Things Must Pass is a brilliant TRIPLE album of songs written over the years by Harrison that could never find their way into a Beatles album since he got no more than 1 track per side.


44 posted on 06/04/2010 12:21:22 PM PDT by Finatic ("you see kids were so much wiser after the wars")
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