Who had 'difficulty with words'?
At Abbey Road, George Harrison had a reputation for taking a long time to write songs. The biggest issue was completing lyrics with 'beautiful words'.English words, rather than unfamiliar Indian musical structures, held up George's first serious attempt at an ‘Indian’ composition.
This had the seeming jokey working title of “Granny Smith”. That obviously would not capture the appropriate vibe - but what to replace it with?
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Maureen Cleave interview
The Maureen Cleave for the London Evening Standard in February 1966 became notorious for John's 'bigger than Jesus' comment. This obscured some fascinating insight into how George Harrison then saw his songwriting.
He wishes he could write fine songs like Lennon and McCartney do, but he has difficulty with the words. “Pattie keeps asking me to write more beautiful words,” he said. He played his newest composition… ’Love me while you can: before I’m a dead old man…’ George was aware that these words were not beautiful.
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He wishes he could write fine songs like Lennon and McCartney do, but he has difficulty with the words. “Pattie keeps asking me to write more beautiful words,” he said. He played his newest composition… ’Love me while you can: before I’m a dead old man…’ George was aware that these words were not beautiful.
Photo by Saubhagya gandharv on Unsplash
