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“It’s alright.”
The year was 1969. The Beatles, the greatest creative partnership the world had ever seen, were suffocating. Business meetings had replaced bass jams. Yoko Ono sat on an amp. Paul and John weren’t speaking. The “Get Back” sessions had devolved into apathetic silence. George Harrison, the band’s quiet lead guitarist, had finally had enough. He walked out of a meeting at Apple Corps in early June, looked up at the gray London sky, and drove to his friend Eric Clapton’s house in the country. here comes the sun beatles
George Harrison spent much of his life in the shadow of John and Paul. He was the “quiet one,” the one who had to fight for two songs per album. But with “Here Comes the Sun,” he did something his bandmates never quite managed: he wrote a prescription. “It’s alright
Eternal.
“Here Comes the Sun,” George later wrote in his autobiography, I, Me, Mine , “was written in the garden at Eric’s house. The relief of not having to go back to the Apple meeting… It was a lovely day.” Yoko Ono sat on an amp
While Lennon gave us anger (“Working Class Hero”) and McCartney gave us nostalgia (“Yesterday”), Harrison gave us relief . He reminded us that no matter how dark the boardroom, how cold the argument, how long the winter…
“I’m not going back,” he told Clapton. “Let’s just go for a walk.”
“It’s alright.”
The year was 1969. The Beatles, the greatest creative partnership the world had ever seen, were suffocating. Business meetings had replaced bass jams. Yoko Ono sat on an amp. Paul and John weren’t speaking. The “Get Back” sessions had devolved into apathetic silence. George Harrison, the band’s quiet lead guitarist, had finally had enough. He walked out of a meeting at Apple Corps in early June, looked up at the gray London sky, and drove to his friend Eric Clapton’s house in the country.
George Harrison spent much of his life in the shadow of John and Paul. He was the “quiet one,” the one who had to fight for two songs per album. But with “Here Comes the Sun,” he did something his bandmates never quite managed: he wrote a prescription.
Eternal.
“Here Comes the Sun,” George later wrote in his autobiography, I, Me, Mine , “was written in the garden at Eric’s house. The relief of not having to go back to the Apple meeting… It was a lovely day.”
While Lennon gave us anger (“Working Class Hero”) and McCartney gave us nostalgia (“Yesterday”), Harrison gave us relief . He reminded us that no matter how dark the boardroom, how cold the argument, how long the winter…
“I’m not going back,” he told Clapton. “Let’s just go for a walk.”