George Harrison

2022 - 10 - 22

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George Harrison Released 'My Sweet Lord' Because He Was Sick of ... (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

According to Beatles Bible, George said, “It really just knocked me out, the idea of that song and I just felt a great feeling of the Lord. So I thought, 'I'll ...

George said he continued to get the letters. [Fans loved the song](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/fans-continued-send-george-harrison-thank-letters-sweet-lord-into-1980s.html/). In his memoir, George wrote that he didn’t want to hold back anymore. “You know, everybody is going ‘Be-bob baby’–OK it may be good to dance to, but I was naive and thought we should express our feelings to each other–not suppress them and keep holding them back. I did the voices singing ‘Hallelujah’ and then the change to ‘Hare Krishna’ so that people would be chanting the maha-mantra before they knew what was going on.” However, his instinct to represent something he loved, God, won the battle. The gamble was whether fans would still accept him after realizing the depth of his Many people fear the words ‘Lord’ and ‘God’–makes them angry for some strange reason.” However, George inserted some of his own religion into the song’s lyrics. However, he chose to go ahead with it after thinking about all the people who might benefit from hearing a song about God. Greene quotes George saying, “I wanted to show that ‘Hallelujah’ and ‘Hare Krishna’ are quite the same thing. George repeats part of a Hindu mantra, “Hare Krishna…

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George Harrison Said His Ego Would Rather Have Eric Clapton ... (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

George Harrison didn't mind allowing Eric Clapton to play on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps.' Clapton was surprised.

I can’t do that](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-eric-clapton-was-so-nervous-about-playing-on-the-beatles-white-album.html/). [he knew Clapton liked his work](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/george-harrison-said-eric-clapton-gave-thumbs-slide-solo-meant-than-half-population.html/) just as much as he liked Clapton’s. “So Eric came in and the other guys were as good as gold – because he was there. There was a lot about what he had going, which I envied, and there was a lot about what I had going that he envied.” It’s not a Beatle-y enough’ – so we put it through the ADT [automatic double tracker(opens in new tab)] to wobble it a bit.” “I love the touch he has on his guitar,” George said. [a house in Esher](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/george-harrison-lived-next-girls-school-didnt-give-privacy.html/), and Esher is maybe eight miles north of where I was born,” Clapton said. [George Harrison](https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/george-harrison/) and Eric Clapton first crossed paths when their bands, The Beatles and The Yardbirds, were on the same bill in the early 1960s. “But I think what George might have liked about me was the fact that I was a kind of free agent. And I knew inside of me that it was a nice song. Come on and play on it.’ He said, ‘ Clapton connected with George the most out of all The Beatles.

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