George Harrison - Art Of Dying - Acoustic Version

[mwhite7777]

Who is sister Mary , Could somebody explain that to me please ?

[pmginkc]

@mwhite7777 I'm not certain, but I believe "Sister Mary" is a reference to George's birth-religion, Roman Catholicism, which he later renounced.

[mwhite7777]

@pmginkc thank you !

[philjiful]

@mwhite7777 The art of dying is the same as the art of living.. but not living in the past or the future ..living right here now in the present moment.

[mwhite7777]

@philjiful It's incredibly hard while your mind is always tricking you with conception of time

[philjiful]

@mwhite7777 Very TRue. But everything we experience is filtered thru the mind, a pure experience is hard to come by.. always judged as good, bad or indifferent... Rest the mind thru meditation and discover who you are and what time is. All things must pass !!!

[mwhite7777]

@philjiful yes I really love how the universe adressing you from anywhere like on the youtube's comment page when you're asking ! Thanks , you are very right I need to clean the trash !

[IrisMG]

February 25, 1943-November 29, 2001. Still very much missed. He would only have been 68 if alive today. George mastered the art of dying ten years ago today.

[marycreeves]

I've been thinking about George for the past few days because of today. It's hard to explain the impact George had on my life. Oh course I didn't know him but felt like a kindred spirit. When I bought the single Lady Madona I listened to the B side first because it was by George. The Inner Light changed my life even though I was only around 10 yrs old. It was as if someone had explained to me what I was thinking about religion and spirituality in a 3 min song!

[DavidZeroX]

Today, 10 years without him, more than a musician, a great human being, forever we will remember you

[nafaidni]

It's paradoxical though. It cannot be really argued in terms of what we perceive to exist, therefore it cannot be argued.

All that can be understood is that what is known about science today is inadequate. Life apparently happened by lightning strikes and natural concoctions, even when the most controlled scientific experiments can't result in the same.

If probability means anything, then what happened seems to be something that shouldn't have happened.

[RandomHero053182]

my heart wants to be John My soul knows its George

[mustych]

beautiful textes by george in this song... we miss you george

[barbaranne100]

POWERFUL.... POWERFUL

[14x09u87]

George was beautiful. Love forever.

[TheFpuff]

This is one of the most powerful, beautiful songs I have ever heard.

[2MyTubes]

This song has a Greek or ethnic quality to it, it almost sounds like an old folk song..so timeless - what a wonderful song writer.

[SgtPeppersification]

keith richards died thirty years ago but he didn't leave here

[duncsflix]

Such a piercing gaze.. one that sees beyond the grave... at Hernanados Hideaway lol

[Talisman09]

Why so so many shit songs with the same title get priority over this?! Fuck YouTube, and fuck the world! lol

[refusetolose103]

A coctail after a hard day and then you put songs like this on and feel a beautiful painfull comfort like people like george and others are walking with you threw life threw the lifee they lived and threw there music ( the beauty of music..!!! thanks to all the artists who put out real artistry..

[BEARARMZ]

this song is amazing. 

[Krsna93]

Gothic George! Lol! I Love this version!

[Studmasterify]

George wrote some great songs during his time with the Beatles. The break up with a great thing for his career

[GermanOperaSinger]

One of his best songs. Always been one of my favorites particularly because I'm fascinated with the concept of reincarnation. This acoustic version is even better.

[luisbarros]

Which LP?

[Maitreyafication]

pure love RIP GEORGE WE LOVE YOU

[chestertouristcom]

big George Harrison but sorry to say I don't like this song it is depressing

[Berserkedy]

@chestertouristcom the song is called "Art of Dying". What did you expect. I mean I know it's happy ol' Georgy but still.

[Nijijiii]

I do believe you. ♥

[daisyroots]

fernandos hideaway....loveit

[turfterror]

FUCK cancer and chapman..

[iamvegito]

"When you have it/ there'll be no need for it" What a powerful line in this song. I find myself meditating on that quite often.

[thatbeatlesgirl1]

Yes, I believe you, George. 

[applescruffs71]

I disagree. I absolutely prefer George's acoustic demo work over some of his released material. It's so raw and unspoiled. Thanks for posting. Truly precious listening gems!!

[Studmasterify]

@applescruffs71 There's a place for the unplugged version and the producted version. He certainly couldn't take this version on the road with a band

[TheFrickinPope]

Been listening to all these demos. they're certainly very good, but I personally prefer the official versions over the demos.

[KarinaSings]

Someone told me last week that we waste so much time on eating, sleeping, mating and defending - all animals do this.

As humans we have a higher intelligence - to consider and contemplate these four miseries: birth, old age, disease and death, which greet us life after life after life.

George is telling us in this song that, unless we learn the "Art of Dying", there is no way out of this endless, painful cycle "living through a million years of crying" ...

George H - musician and preacher!

[DAVWAVE]

@KarinaSings George may have learned that we die only once. Reincarnation has zero evidence. That said, I think George was a good hearted person and is in heaven, not reincarted.

[TheDouchesupreme]

@DAVWAVE zero evidence for reincanation, zero evidence for heaven as well pal. choosing a belief system and believing it is an absolute is a short cut to thinking. then again telling somoene who already "knows"...i should know better.

[nafaidni]

@TheDouchesupreme

Empirically, there is no evidence that anything you see even exists. The best evidence for reincarnation or the existence of a living soul of some sort that does not come into existence or die, is simply that you can perceive. The universe exists only in your point of view; what you do not perceive does not really exist, as far as your universe is concerned.

And why should you even exist? Science does not explain why we have perceptions limited to our bodies, or even at all.

[TheDouchesupreme]

@nafaidni "Empirically, there is no evidence that anything I see even exsists" ??? Really ? I think you speak well but haven't the slightest clue what the word emperically means. Otherwise I kind of agree with what you said...somewhat.

[nafaidni]

@TheDouchesupreme

Sorry, I mean to say that empiricism supports this idea, inadvertently. Nothing truly exists but what we perceive. In fact, you may not exist beyond the fact that I see your comment and assume it is written by a person with perspective just like myself.

But maybe I'm the only one perceiving anything, and you're just an object. If it is not so, then the same applies to you in your view.

[nafaidni]

@TheDouchesupreme

Essentially, since nothing in science supports points of perspective (i.e. specific things that the rest of existence is perceived by), then we can assume that we do not know everything, that we cannot rule out the existence of things even if we cannot prove them. Our perception (or possibly just MY perception, because I cannot prove you truly exist) is evidence of that.

[nafaidni]

@TheDouchesupreme

My idea is that the universe itself exists only because its perceived to by something universal. I assume others have points of perspective too, but I think something universal governs what exists (or what it PERCEIVES to exist).

Basically, everything exists only because we perceive it to exist. Our perception cannot be explained in terms of science; so I believe it can only be the other way around.

And because of that, I don't think fundamental perception dies with a body.

[TheDouchesupreme]

@nafaidni Quantum mechanics agrees with you to a certain degree. It's been said there can be no end to the omniverse purely because an observer at the edge of a universe would expect to see something more, so that universe would then accommodate the observer. Clearly a power of preception. Regardless, I hope you're right.

[benmeltzer]

@DAVWAVE In the Brainwashed bonus DVD (recorded shortly before his passing), he seems to express his belief in reincarnation and quotes Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues": "Lookout Kid, it's somethin' you did / God knows when but you're doing it again."

[wickedseymour1]

@KarinaSings This is a beautiful song, but I still love eating, sleeping and mating! I recently got out of the hospital after a near-death experience (I didn't want to live anymore), and I'm learning to accept that pain is an unavoidable consequence of living and seeking happiness. No one living knows what death includes, but we can make the most of our lives on this planet.

[mikeusat]

@KarinaSings So what is the art of dying?

[gmazz137]

@KarinaSings How do we learn the "Art of Dying"?

[richbates69]

This was written around 67-68 and turned down by John and Paul. The polished up version was kick ass!!

[RubberSoul1968]

@richbates69 YES, THIS SONG WOULD BE FOR THE REVOLVER ALBUM

[Studmasterify]

@RubberSoul1968 Interesting to speculate how it would have sounded, production wise if it had have recorded by the Beatles and included on Revolver

[xplay108]

@Studmasterify If this were to be on any Beatles album, it would fit in best on Rubber Soul or the White Album. The version that was on All Things Must Pass could have fit into Let It Be.

[turfterror]

George taught me that no matter what god is the right god if you are a good ,loving,thoughtful, caring and selfless person that what ever god is real you will most likely be welcomed...:D

[DasGoldenBoy]

Love this song, nice to hear it stripped down to just acoustic and George.

[QueenBeatlesWings]

George found the meaning of life alright- he knew more about the world and what life was about than the rest of the world and shared it through his music. what a spiritual,musical sage- and so down to earth

[georgeslittlegirl]

George and John are more beautiful now, living a glorious life on the higher astral planes.

[POOPOOSOLDIER]

george really was a beautiful person, in and out.. on the dick cavett show he looks like the coolest being that ever existed

[cowboydan0]

i love this version..this version should have been on the album

[harinamanandadas]

Hare Krishna!

[alexismsavko]

"Fernando's Hideaway". Can anyone explain the reference to that at the end?

[degs04]

@alexismsavko Yes we used to sing that after ending such songs in Liverpool but I reall dont know why

[QueenBeatlesWings]

@alexismsavko "Fernando's Hideaway is a Tv show thats basically anit-Tv- making fun of all gneres of shows.- whcih fits George's quiet life perfectly- he was never much into being on tv or watching junk

[SevenT8]

They were too talented to be in one band, but thankfully, they were! That's what had and has given them staying power as The Beatles and 'post' Beatles in their solo careers. RIP John and George!

[SevenT8]

I like this version better. It reminds me of a cross between Lennon's "Happiness is a Warm Gun," and Paul's "Jenny Wren." They inspired one another throughout the years, nonetheless.

[NoMansLandProduction]

one word.... WOW!

[gaspo218]

Pretty amazing what Phil and the Wall of Sound did to this.

[PicciProductions]

@gaspo218 Well, it's not like they took this version and turned it into the album version... Spector tended to overproduce songs

[t00117598]

@PicciProductions well that was his style, if an artist hired him that was the sound they were going for...

[PicciProductions]

@t00117598 I know, never argued against that....

[CannabisHeals]

(lyrics part 1) There'll come a time when all of us must leave here Then nothing sister mary can do Will keep me here with you As nothing in this life that I've been trying Can equal or surpass the art of dying Do you believe me There'll come a time when all your hopes are fading When things that seemed so very plain Become an awful pain Searching for the truth among the lying And answered when you've learned the art of dying

[CannabisHeals]

(lyrics part 2) Are you still with me But if you want it Then you must find it But when you have it There'll be no need for it There'll come a time when most of us return here Brought back by our desire to be A perfect entity Living through a million years of crying Until you've realized the art of dying Do you believe me

[gdosic]

Yes,Genius. I like to think of George and John having a nice cup of tea and jamming in the next life. George was beautiful. Love forever.

[degs04]

@gdosic Geuss what mate hate to disappoint you but there really is nothing after death...Watch Richard Dawkin ...you will realise we are only here for 1 life...enjoy...Sorry george you were delusioned....

[ChinoRdrgz]

@degs04 sorry that you believe in deception....

[ademacrow]

@degs04 Typically arrogant athiest. What makes YOU so sure? To use your own cocksureness, "sorry mate but it's George and Co who are right". Have a little more respect for others who differ from your viewpoint, unlike Dawkins and others.

[ademacrow]

@degs04 

[Bamtan13]

I loved George and his music! His songs should have been heard by everybody.

Genius!

Thank you for uplaoding and sharing! :D

[123ThisIsMe]

He sounds great here !

( and it's a great song - sad and very true)

[BeatleUniversity]

Tomorrow I go to my Mother's wake and her funeral is Monday. The chords in this song are amazing!

[GeorgieGirl66]

He had the art down pat!!!!

[lennymcca]

I can really feel George being there ,sing, play near here.

[JustLoveForMe]

Oh my god, this is one of my favourite songs ever, and its acoustic! This is so much better than the album version. I love All Things Must Pass, but now I really understand what people mean when they say it was over-produced. He sounds so much better acoustic :)

[rosieandjim]

Genius. I like to think of George and John having a nice cup of tea and jamming in the next life.

[darost]

George was beautiful. Love forever.

[NickiCricket]

These songs on your site are aweome...Thanks so much for sharing them. George has been my favorite for so many years and I love hearing the acoustic versions of these hauntingly beautiful songs and I can't hold back the tears.

[jayfey77]

some fan you are that you dont have this.

[firebreeze]

Don't be rude, not everyone can hunt down and purchase this bootleg.