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George Harrison became spiritual after hitting a wall in the mid-1960s. Nothing impressed him, and he’d become disenchanted with fame. Taking LSD had opened a door to God-consciousness, but the Beatle didn’t know what to do next. Thankfully, he met his musical guru, Ravi Shankar, who taught him sitar and Hinduism.
George became more and more spiritual with every meditation and chanting session. Although, those weren’t the only techniques he used to remain close to God. Shankar taught him that “God is sound,” so every time he played a note, he communicated with his maker. George even got a direct experience with God through gardening.
As George traveled on his spiritual path, he ensured his family’s spiritual aim remained true. He didn’t want them to get lost along the way.In the mid-1960s, George had become disenchanted with many things, including fame. Being a Beatle had essentially extinguished the light inside him. He was bored but had recently taken LSD with John Lennon too. The hallucinogen had opened a door to an unknown place.
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The Beatles‘ “When I’m Sixty-Four” appeared on a classic album. Subsequently, John Lennon was asked what he planned to do at age 64. In addition, John explained why he would never have written a song like “When I’m Sixty-Four.”
The book Lennon Remembers contains an article from 1970. In it, John was asked what he expected to do in the next three months. “I’d like to just vanish a bit,” he said. It wore me out, New York. I love it.
“I’m just sort of fascinated by it, like a f****** monster,” he added. “Doing the films was a nice way of meeting a lot of people. I think we’ve both said and done enough for a few months, especially with this article.”
Subsequently, John was asked about his plans for the next few years. “Oh, no, I couldn’t think of the next few years; it’s abysmal thinking of how many years there are to go, millions of them,” he said. “I just play it by the week. I don’t think much ahead of a week.”
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John Lennon's Aug. 30, 1972, headlining benefit performance at Madison Square Garden would ultimately turn out to be the final full-length concert of his life.
The show arrived amid a tumultuous time. Lennon had come under harsh scrutiny from President Richard Nixon due largely to his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War, as well as his support for various liberal causes. Nixon believed the former Beatles legend was hurting American youth and decided to use a 1968 marijuana-related arrest in the U.K. as his excuse to have Lennon deported.
Adding to the stress, Lennon’s most recent album, Some Time in New York City, wasn’t matching the sales numbers he’d previously enjoyed with the Beatles or even his earlier solo efforts. Lead single “Woman is the N----- of the World” had caused a stir, and for the first time in his career, Lennon’s star seemed to have lost some of its shine.
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John Lennon had strong feelings about Paul McCartney’s contributions to The Beatles’ “Lovely Rita.”
Paul said someone falsely said she inspired the track.
The individual in question was not named Rita.
A vinyl copy of The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
John Lennon was asked if The Beatles‘ “Lovely Rita” was about a real person. During a separate interview, Paul McCartney said someone incorrectly said she inspired the song. Notably, “Lovely Rita” appeared on one of The Beatles’ most famous albums.
John was asked if Rita was real. “Nah!” John replied. “He makes ’em up like a novelist. You hear lots of McCartney-influenced songs on the radio now. These stories about boring people doing boring things: being postmen and secretaries and writing home.”
John contrasted himself with Paul. “I’m not interested in writing third-party songs,” he revealed. “I like to write about me; ’cause I know me.”
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George Harrison liked carrying a ukulele banjo around with him at all times because its sound made people laugh. The former Beatle was already so charismatic he didn’t need the instrument to make people feel good. Still, the ukulele banjo allowed him to jam with friends as well.
According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the highest-paid performer in the country, and everyone knew about him.
In 1992, George told Timothy White (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters) that Formby wasn’t exactly a massive influence on him as a child. However, growing up, he couldn’t escape Formby’s music.
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There are few things in this life that are permanent. If we were to get technical about our previous statement, we might make exceptions for the changing of seasons or the washing machine’s uncanny ability to hide a sock or two. But truly, what doesn’t pass eventually?
George Harrison believed, at least to some degree, that “All Things Must Pass.”
It’s a comforting and daunting sentiment believing that nothing lasts forever, and Harrison might’ve said it best. So, let’s find out more about Harrison’s famous post-Beatles song “All Things Must Pass.” Read below for the history and meaning of the song… quickly, before this article passes into oblivion.
At its core, the 1970 song is about moving on. For Harrison, this meant a few things, but most prominently it meant moving on from The Beatles after the band’s breakup in April 1970. In an interview with TV show host Dick Cavett in 1971, Harrison expressed his relief about The Beatles’ separating. “That’s what happened, and it was good, but it was also good to carry on [and] do something else. In fact, it was a relief,” he said.
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A strange thing happened when a member of the Hare Krishna Temple asked George Harrison for money to publish a book. George had helped the Temple establish itself in London. Therefore, they were embarrassed to ask him for more help, and this time for money. However, Krishna helped them.
By the mid-1960s, George was disillusioned with many things, including fame. As a Beatle, George had met all sorts of celebrities and dignitaries, but none impressed him. He had also recently taken LSD with John Lennon. The hallucinogen had opened a door to a place unknown to George. Soon all George cared about was finding the tools he needed to break through that door.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/strange-occurrence-happened-hare-krishna-temple-asked-george-harrison-money.html/ A strange incident occurred when the Hare Krishna Temple asked George Harrison for money
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As Beatlemania flooded fans in America and the U.K. throughout the mid-1960s, The Beatles were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of screeching fans at all of their performances. Around that same period in their career, the band pursued a more serious style of music away from the two-minute, radio-friendly pop songs of their early days and opting for a more psychedelic and immersive approach on albums like Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. With screaming fans drowning out the music, and the more comprehensive orchestration required to pull off their newer material, The Beatles ultimately opted to end touring once and for all in 1966.
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Beatles insiders got the confirmation that a Revolver box set is indeed coming — with a September 13th “save the date” notice from the powers that be indicating more info was on its way. Giles Martin, the son of the Beatles' legendary producer George Martin, is once again spearheading the new box set, which his rumored to drop in late-October. The package follows such critically acclaimed expanded and remixed versions of 1967's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1968's The Beatles (aka the “White Album”), 1969's Abbey Road, and 1970's Let It Be.
Back in 2021 Giles talked about remixing Revolver, telling Variety, “If you take something like 'Taxman' (it's) guitar, bass and drums on one track, and vocals and a sort of shaking and guitar solo (on the right). And it sounds good; they’re amazing recordings, and amazing mixes. Y'know, we have to look into what technology we can do to make things de-mixed and all this kind of stuff, which I’m looking into.
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The Beatles‘ A Hard Day’s Night is one of the most famous rock ‘n’ roll movies ever. John Lennon wrote a song for A Hard Day’s Night that the film’s director didn’t like. Subsequently, the track became a hit.Walter Shenson produced A Hard Day’s Night while Richard Lester directed the movie. During a 2000 interview with Salon, Shenson discussed the film. “Dick and I came up with the idea of [writer Alun] Owen to do the screenplay — not because he was available and had done a play and some television but because he was from Liverpool and it seemed natural that he could write in The Beatles’ idiom,” he said.
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