George Harrison Run Of The Mill Demo

Here is George Harrison in 1970 letting Phil Spector hear some songs he had written

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[theone456]

this song is about paul

[stonedinsect]

this song was actually written about a pair of nylon socks

[davidgolds5]

A George acoustic album, similar to the Lennon release,would be nice.

[stonedinsect]

this is off a collection of harrison acoustic

sessions the quality of the recordings are superb no doubt it will eventually be released officially.

[shinjury]

where did you get this mp3?

that is, does it exist?

[stonedinsect]

it exists but it is not a official release

[buckyboy28]

I would love a "All things must pass... naked". I think it sounds great, but hearing this without the wall of sound leads me to believe that everything else would be spectacular as well.

[Griwhoolda]

One of my fave George songs. Thanks for uploading this. It's great to hear the simplicity of this arrangement,and just solo George without the Wall Of Sound!

[FrlghtWolf]

@FrlghtWolf - Well, none of this is a surprise...is it?

I soon expect Yoko will get a career Grammy for Best

Vocalist. What drives these awards is not resect for talent

but for what will maximize profits. This is what is so

troubling with Harrison. He comes from a band which

loathed this kind of lazy rinky-dink shit. Yet, George

seems to have specialized in this soft-rock pop shit.

"My Sweet Lord" makes me sick. Not because it's

plagiarized but because it's SO bubble gum.

[801liveable]

@FrlghtWolf Hate is a strong word..Hey, I thought you'd like to know this..Neil Diamond is headed for induction shortly in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland..Even before Bryan FerryRoxy Music...The Moody Blues..and Yes...Talk about hate..HOLEEEEE!

[FrlghtWolf]

@801liveable - I truly hate George Harrison's. Much

like Neil Diamond and John Denver (which, by the way are

often played together on the SOFT-ROCK HIT

PARADES as a kind of Molotov Cocktail of Mediocrity). If we

could measure the effects of mediocre music on society I

suspect that George Harrison would be the Typhoid Mary

of this disease. As for "tin horn", you hardly know what the term

means. It's just something you overheard in a 1940's western.

You grog-faced villain!

[FrlghtWolf]

@thomxAristy - I said it was GEORGE'S "only"

documentary. This film is awkward. Who would

want the insane convicted murderer Phil Spector

to sing your praises? The blathering Olivia Harrison

came off more like a ditzy neighbor than a loving

wife. "We had our share of problems" was more

like "we were on the verge of divorce" had it not

been for his serious illness. In the end "Living In

A Material World" was a tacit acknowledgement

that George seldom lived what he preached.

[801liveable]

@FrlghtWolf You again! "The omnipotent" know-it-all frustrated tin horn wannabe musician know it all concerning the music and style of George Harrison..

[drutgat2]

Thanks so much for posting this.

For guitar players, first (to play along to this demo) tune all strings down just under a half step (to about 444.5 cents).

Then, put a capo on the 7th. fret, and play G, Em, D and C chord *shapes* (verses). I think that the verses are Am, B7, and maybe E chord shapes.

One of the best songs ever written, by one of the best songwriters, in a period of unparalleled creativity for an artist.

[thomxAristy]

Well scroll back, no one said the contrary. John had so many Docs because the Media loves a bad boy. As a severe drug addict, supposed "socialist", wife beater, and plagiarist, there is just so much to cover. His life was full of turmoil. George was a spiritual guy who collaborated and proved to be more successful than John after they left the Beatles. I'm not qualified to say who was a genius or not but you should stop all the George Bashing. This song is especially written for someone like you

[FrlghtWolf]

@thomxAristy - I was referring to George Harrison

having only one documentary. John Lennon has

something like 14. Of course George Harrison's

music was "rejected"! Where do you think he got

the material for "All Things Must Pass"? He submitted

6 or 7 songs alone for Sgt. Peppers with only one

song making it (out of pity). George's music got

BETTER because it couldn't get WORSE! I'll stop

making commentary on George's mundane "music"

if you quit trying to make him into a musical GENIUS.

[thomxAristy]

@FrlghtWolf Yes New Documentary, Look up Martin Scorsese. He's Directed and produced various documentaries, I dont know where you got the idea it's his only one. It is, In my opinion, a better film than Imagine or any other PBS doc on John. If you said his songs were being rejected I find it peculiar. I guess Paul was lying when he said George left all the song writing to John and him or Georges song writing was heading towards the top right before the Beatles broke up. Chill out. Stop the hate.

[FrlghtWolf]

@thomxAristy (continued) ..."stock piling" songs? Tee hee!

My goodness, this is in keeping with the new trend in euphemisms.

George's music was always being REJECTED. They PILED UP like

cars on the Interstate 10 during a sand storm. Out of respect...and

perhaps even pity...John and Paul would TRY to help George (as

if they HAD the time?). Later, with little choice, George dumped

these same songs into a bucket called it "All Things Must Pass".

Who's biggest "hit" was PLAGIARIZED!