George Harrison’s widow reckons he sent her a sign giving his blessing to new Beatles song Now and Then.
The Fab Four scored their 17th No1 single last week – 60 years after their first chart-topper From Me To You. Olivia Harrison, 75, was fixing up a clock her husband once bought when Paul McCartney phoned to discuss the track – which had the same title as the ornament.
She said:”“I cleaned it up a little bit, stuck a battery in. Lo and behold, it worked. Phone rings. It’s Paul, reminding me of this third song that was on the cassette tape with Real Love and Free As A Bird. He said, ‘The song, it’s called Now And Then’. It just felt like George was saying, ‘It’s OK’.”
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She revealed that George, who died of lung cancer in 2001 at the age of 58, loved the wacky clock made from recycled materials. Olivia added: “It had a Scrabble letters on which said, ‘Now And Then’. He was just attracted to it.”
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Despite being known as ‘the quiet Beatle’, many people may not know that George Harrison wrote some of The Beatles most famous songs including Norwegian Wood, Something, Here Comes The Sun and Within You Without You. His critically acclaimed work also included the album All Things Must Pass, which featured the song My Sweet Lord, with George releasing subsequent solo albums such as Cloud Nine and performing as part of The Travelling Wilburys.
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Mason Griffiths, Marketing and PR Executive for The Beatles Story, explained to Daily that All Things Must Pass highlighted George’s amazing skill as a songwriter that he was already displaying as part of the group many years before, and that his contribution to The Beatles as a songwriter is “underrated.” “I think he was definitely an underrated songwriter,” said Mason.
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“It wasn’t really until his solo years that people stood back and went, ‘actually, George is a fantastic songwriter.’ All Things Must Pass really showed everyone that he really is an amazing songwriter.” Marketing Manager Diane Glover also added to Daily Star that The Beatles trip to India was a pivitol moment in George’s career, saying: “What I found was really interesting was when he went over to India and I think his songwriting and his musicianship really came into the fore there.
“You could see with India how much of an influence it had on him – the instruments that were being played and learning to play the sitar. You saw that in The White Album, but then you definitely saw that in George’s solo career and his roots were in India. It wasn’t just with Indian music, it was also with spiritualism.” She added: “I think it was later years when George really started to shine and people started to take notice.”
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