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According to Frank Sinatra, this is the best love song ever written. I tend to like George's love songs better than the Lennon/McCartney love songs just because they're much deeper, sweeter, and more sincere. The video had Ringo & Maureen, Paul & Linda, John & Yoko, and (of course) George & Patti. Although, George and Patti latter divorced, this song is still one of the most sincere and sweet love songs I've ever heard.
My interpretation: Boy meets girl She is the most beautiful (inside and out) he's ever come across So boy is going to be honest with the girl. Boy can't promise forever, b/c he can't predict the future But boy would love to promise forever, b/c girl knows everything Boy is thinking and compliments him perfectly. Girl does for and teaches boy things he's always dreamed of Boy cannot pin one thing and physical beauty has little to do with his awe of said girl.
I about fell off my desk chair when someone sent me this song this past November.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, go forth and share!
It seems to me that Patti Boyd must have been a very special woman. Not only was this song written about her, but so was "Layla" - two of the greatest songs of all time.
I believe this song was a message for his friend E.Clapton:
"I don't want to leave her now, You know I believe and how." and also: "Something in her style that shows me. I don't want to leave her now, You know I believe and how."
Until this part, GH was speaking about her, but now he turns to Clapton as he changes "She/her"(Pattie)for "You" (E.Clapton):
You're asking me: Will my love grow ? I don't know, I don't know. You stick around, now: it may show! ...I don't know, I don't know. (this three really emphasized and I would say angry or at least annoyed! Just hear him again. It seems to me He`s telling him: "I cannot agree on your taking her with you" (in fact some time later Clapton came to GH saying he wanted to take Pattie with him and GH said some kind of: "You want her; OK, just take her with you") But at that time he still wanted to keep her and wrote his final message to his friend E. Clapton:
"Something in the things she shows me. I don't want to leave her now, You know I believe and how."
Yes George did write a few great songs, but how can you say hes better than John one of the ALL TIME greatest. George was better than Paul though. Pauls songs are only good for hearing not listening too. Anyhow, yes I do remember George sayig this song was not about Patti, but maybe he was bitter when he said that.
Someone commented that this song is based on a James Brown song, which is wrong. It's based on the James Taylor song, "Something In The Way She Moves", which was released in 1968 by Apple Records. George and Paul both worked on James Taylor's album with him, and George used the first line (and title) of James's song as a sort of temporary first line to start writing a song, but ended up keeping it.
Thank you!! I've read lots of different comments about how this song came to be written but this is correct. Paul actually played the bass on James Taylors first version of "carolina in my mind" ('68, not the '72 version) which was from his self titled album and his only album with Apple and incidently the first artist other than the beatles to record with Apple Records. In Carolina in my mind he has a line "with a holy host of others standing around me" which was a direct reference to being in the studio surrounded by the beatles -...
Thank you!! I've read lots of different comments about how this song came to be written but this is correct. Paul actually played the bass on James Taylors first version of "carolina in my mind" ('68, not the '72 version) which was from his self titled album and his only album with Apple and incidently the first artist other than the beatles to record with Apple Records. In Carolina in my mind he has a line "with a holy host of others standing around me" which was a direct reference to being in the studio surrounded by the beatles - but this isn't the comments for James Taylor songs so I'll press on. George had intended to change the first line of the song but as the song materialized and he worked out the other lyrics, he decided to leave it in.
Sorry Bagism, read your comment then started writing my reply and got into my groove and forgot you already stated that the line was originally meant to be cut and replaced.
Sorry Bagism, read your comment then started writing my reply and got into my groove and forgot you already stated that the line was originally meant to be cut and replaced.
def my favourite beatles song
What would say if I told you that the "She" that Georgie wrote about was none other than Mother Nature...it was the ultimate eternal Love song.
Even though Sinatra said it was the best love song, he never gave George the credit. He always refered to it as a Lennon/McCartney song. George had a good reason to write this song too....Pattie was hot!!
I really can't say anything more except that George Harrison (in my humble opinion) was by far the best Beatle. If it wasn't for him, they never would've experimented with drugs and they never would've left their bubble gum pop era. Not that there's anything wrong with their earlier work... It's just their later songs had SO much more meaning. That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.