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Pastimes : God Bless George Harrison -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (39)	11/30/2001 12:35:29 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 126

I love that song. Even Original Wife, whose attitude toward the Beatles is one of grudging tolerance, sat back when I put that song on and said...."What is that?" She hadn't heard it back then, and really liked it more than the Beatles' other work.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (39)	11/30/2001 12:50:22 PM
From: Lost1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 126

I remember when they released that Beatles anthology on TV and introduced the "Free as a Bird" tune Paul gave the camera a wink..it was so cool I never really thought there would be any reunion..couldn't have a reunion without John..certainly not some things are too perfect to upset in retrospect

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (39)	11/30/2001 3:01:41 PM
From: (Bob) Zumbrunnen	Respond to of 126

I had no idea this had happened. I went out to move my truck, and they were playing an old Beatles song I was real familiar with but had never heard on the radio before. When the DJ spoke between songs, though he didn't say as much, it was apparent he was eulogizing George Harrison. Oh, the wonderful times my daughter and I had when she was really small and we'd dance to most of the songs on "Cloud Nine". Until that album, I considered George a really masterful songwriter (especially once he got out of the giant shadows of Lennon and McCartney) whose songs were best played by others, but I really felt differently about that album. Wish I could remember the movie, but some movie used one of his songs in the closing credits, played by someone else, and it was wonderful! I think it was with "Cloud Nine" that he finally matured as a performer, and I wish I could've heard him go back and rehash some of his older songs once he'd reached that mark. Would've loved to have heard "Something" sans Beatles. I really can't think of a whole lot to say here as I'm just typing this off the top of my head, but I'm a Beatles fan from way back, and this is a sad day for me. I belonged to a clique at school (you know -- the audio-visual and band geeks) who would go entire days using only Beatles lyrics in our conversations, and would rewrite the lyrics to so many of them (ala Weird Al). I remember very clearly everything about the moments I found out that John Lennon and Freddie Mercury (Queen is the only group I've ever loved more than Rush or The Beatles) had died, and this is yet another moment I'll never forget. So long, George, and thanks for all the music.