When the Beatles recording session happened in January of 1970 Harrison was only 26 years old. He was the youngest Beatle which explains his “late blooming” as a songwriter in comparison to his band mates John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Lennon/McCartney were good enough to overshadow almost anyone but that being the case Harrison wrote many great songs with The Beatles and that’s what this article is set to highlight. Whereas when you’re creating, the way my dad did, it’s very contemplative and solitary… It helps to be self-reflective and to have self-compassion and self-love when the world is so hectic and there’s so much information hitting your eyeballs.George Harrison is often referred to as the “quiet Beatle” and sometimes sadly even as the “forgotten Beatle” and that’s due to the fact that he was in the same band as the greatest songwriting team in popular music history. “We all have gadgets everywhere in our lives - everyone's feed: your newsfeed, your RSS feed, your Instagram, Facebook - it's all just this river of sewage running into your hand. “I mean, I used to be really into technology and gadgets,” he continues. So because my dad’s music was ahead of its time and so honest, I think, it really resonates today in a meaningful way.” Good art reflects its time, but it also tells the story of what's happening to you. “Why do we love Bob Dylan? Because he paints a story in two seconds,” he said. The Beatles sitting outside studios in North London in January 1967. Still, Dhani says he’s been encouraged by the response younger fans have had to his father’s music. Indeed the work the pair did together helped put Harrison back on the map as a solo artist after a rocky 1970s and 80s, and set the stage for his enduring popularity. The greatest opportunity I could have wished for.” “Working with George was the greatest opportunity of my life, really. “He wrote brilliantly original songs and played the greatest slide guitar,” ELO’s Jeff Lynne, another Traveling Wilbury bandmate who also worked with Harrison as a producer, told me. Larry Ellis / Express Newspapers via AP Imagesįor those who knew and loved him, though, the timelessness of Harrison’s music, including the work he did in the last 15 years of his life, makes him a natural fit for the next generation of fans. George Harrison celebrates his 21st birthday on Feb.
With Lennon a long gone, if adored and iconic historical figure, and living legends McCartney and Starr catering to a decidedly older audience, Harrison - always the "dark horse," as he once sang - has become the enigmatic favorite of listeners new to The Beatles’ and respective solo canons. Meanwhile Harrison’s solo tracks, from the mega-hit “My Sweet Lord” to lesser known gems like “What Is Life” and “Handle With Care” - the signature song of Harrison’s band with Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne - regularly outpace songs like John Lennon’s “Imagine,” “Instant Karma” and “Jealous Guy.” He also tops Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed” and “Band On the Run” as well as Ringo Starr’s “It Don’t Come Easy” on Spotify and Apple Music’s charts.Īnd while listenership of The Beatles’-themed channel on SiriusXM has (not surprisingly) been driven by older, baby boomer fans, if callers to the channel’s talk shows and request lines are any indication, the chart rankings of Harrison have most assuredly been driven by the generations who have flocked to online music, namely millennials and their Generation X and Y counterparts. And yet, “Here Comes the Sun” and “Something” have regularly outpaced “Hey Jude,” “Let It Be” and “Yesterday,” songs long-considered to be staples of the band’s storied catalog. This is likely a surprise to everyone but Harrison’s most diehard fans.
If you want to measure the true power and timeless nature of George Harrison’s music, you need only to look at the music charts.
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