Favorite Beatles Song Written by George Harrison

[Emboldened Chimp]

Poll question: Favorite Beatles Song Written by George Harrison

aka the Best Beatle

[soupkitchen]

1. Something was Frank Sinatra's favorite

[mitchum]

3. ...and mine

[elcondor]

28. Yeah, he said it was his favorite "Lennon/McCartney"

;-)

George was indeed the best Beatle--I cried so hard when I found out he had passed away!

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is my favorite.

[mac56]

49. "You stick around now, it may show - - - JACK!"

I love Frank, but he should have left "Something" alone.

[donotpassgo]

2. Something...its the only whole song I know on Bass

and it reminds me of a girl...but that's another thread altogether

[MuseRider]

4. I miss him!

[mrfrapp]

5. Gently Weeps

...is a great song. If you haven't heard it, may I recommend fans seek out Jeff Healey's rendition (it's on the Hell To Pay album IIRC).

[mlawson]

6. Within You Without You.

From Sgt Peppers, of course!

[sweetheart]

32. harrison wrote that?

I thought it was a collaboration... but if it is george, then geesh, it is up there with my sweet lord for me... also i don't know the name... The whole seargant peppers is a classic. I have it downstairs for a rainy day... or a mushroom day ;-)

"blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly, all your life, you are only waiting for this moment to arrive."... blackbird? Was that harrison?

[regnaD kciN]

41. Nope...

Lennon/McCartney (although I think it was only by McCartney).

[mac56]

45. Oops!

A hasty post. George wrote "Within You Without You" and Paul wrote "Blackbird". Carry on -

[populistmom]

7. Here Comes the Sun

Is simple one of my favorite Beatles songs period. It makes me feel good everytime I hear it.

[sweetheart]

8. my sweet lord

hare hare
hare krishna :-)

George was a man of such soul... sadly the beatles better half left us early.

[NoPasaran]

9. Everywhere there's lots of piggies

Living piggy lives

[LibDemAlways]

13. The other day while out running errands

with my 10 year old daughter, I started singing "Piggies." At first she thought I was making it up, so when we got home I played it for her. She loved it. Dawned on me you can substitute "repukes" for Piggies and have a truthful, contemporary song.

George was ahead of his time.

[On the Road]

38. Hey, I Did That With My Daughter

We were riding bikes, stopped on a little bridge, and looked down at the stream. I started singing "Look at all the little fishies swimming in the brook..." She didn't believe it was a real song, either.

[CanuckAmok]

16. you can see them out for dinner...

[mlawson]

17. Clutching forks and knives, to EAT THEIR BAAAA-CON!!!

What a marvelous song... November 1968 when it was released; I remember the time well.

[eric_schafer]

10. you left out

"I Need You" from Help!

[villager]

12. and you also left out...

"Don't Bother Me!"

[FarLeftRage]

11. "Old Brown Shoe"

Is my second favorite G.H. Beatles' song...

[mac56]

46. "When I grow up I'll be a singer...

Wearing rings on every finger..."

A thoughtful nod to Ringo.

[Lefty48197]

14. Something

I remember me and a buddy asking his mom what "woo" meant when we were about eight years old.

[Shakespeare]

15. HOW could you leave out "My Sweet Lord" or "Give Me Love?"

What a travesty!!! ;-)

Those are my faves...

[Guaranteed]

20. He was looking for Beatles songs. nt

[Shakespeare]

21. pffft...it's all Beatles...

Except for Wings, of course. :evilgrin:

[Emboldened Chimp]

22. dupe

[MoonAndSun]

18. "I Want To Tell You" from one of their best ever albums...

"Revolver". They really were so ahead of their times.

[Xandor]

19. Nothing to add...

... just want to display my avatar.

[Norbert]

23. If I Needed Someone

I only mentioned that because it wasn't on the list and has incredibly great harmony singing.

But any one of your songs in the poll are great. All of the Beatles are great but George Harrison was my favorite. This thread is bliss.

[mac56]

44. Second on "If I Needed Someone".

Great harmonies and a great guitar riff.

"I Want To Tell You" is also good in that way.

[DODI]

24. I also am partial to Don't Bother Me. - an oldy but a goody.

[Skip Intro]

25. "With every mistake, we must surely be learning...."

Awesome song.
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I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you.

I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted you.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all...
Still my guitar gently weeps.

[Norbert]

26. I'm So Happy Just to Dance with You.

If you watch A Hard Day's Night wait til this song comes on (when they are on the train). It is a little surreal for 1964 and quite a little masterpiece of filmography. Richard Lester should be very proud of that and so should George, of course.

[gmoney]

27. The same guy...

who wrote the whiny right-wing anthem "Taxman" also wrote "Piggies"?

Does not compute...

[Shakespeare]

29. perspective...

Harrison wrote that when he was being taxed in the neighborhood of 85-90%, so I wouldn't call it whining. The UK has a tad more aggressive tax system than we do....of course, the wingnuts will appropriate anything that suits their neanderthal agenda, obscene though it may be.

[Norbert]

30. Britain in the sixties was indeed overtaxed.

And this was a sore subject with other rock musicians as well. Ray Davies (The Kinks) Sunny Afternoon comes to mind as another song that had a reference to the excessive tax.

[johnnie]

36. John..

Lennon wrote happy just to dance with you. (Just for the record...)
My favorite is Gently weeps, I love the demo version. And his last album was gear...check it out if ya havent all...

[OneTwentyoNine]

31. Blue Jay Way Just because its freaky....Heh he....n/t

...

[Feanorcurufinwe]

33. Blue Jay Way

[AntiCoup2K4]

34. All Things Must Pass

Yeah, I know it was released as a solo record. But the song was written during the Let It Be sessions, and is on the bootlegs with the whole band, including some harmonies from John and Paul that ehhhhh, let's say they were a "work in progress". And then there's the demo version on the Anthology III CD, which more or less makes it an "official" Beatles song.

[Kat45]

35. He was my favorite Beatle when I was about 11 or 12,

and continued to be into adulthood. I voted for "Something," but it could have just as easily been "While My Guiter Gently Weeps." I'd say those are two of my favorite Beatles songs, even without narrowing the category down to the writer.

[Nlighten1]

37. I've got my mind set on you.

This song is just six words long. I never really was a fan of George may he rest in peace.

[regnaD kciN]

42. Not by Harrison...

Although George recorded it, "Got My Mind..." was an old song by someone named Rudy Clark.

However, I like the Weird Al parody so much, I'm going to post the lyrics!

(This Song's Just) Six Words Long

This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.

Couldn't think of any lyrics,
No I never wrote the lyrics,
So I'll just sing any old lyrics,
That come to mind, child.

You really need words,
Whole lotta rhyming words,
You gotta rhyme so many words, mm-mm,
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it, to do it right, child.

This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.

I know that you're probably sore,
'Cause I didn't write any more,
I just didn't get to complete it,
So that's why I gotta repeat it.

This song's just six words long.
Six words long.
This song's just six words long.
Six words long.

Oh I make a lotta money,
They pay me a ton of money,
They're payin' me plenty of money,
To sing this song, child.

I gotta fill time,
Three minutes worth of time,
Oh, how will I fill so much time, mm-mm?
I'll throw in a solo, a solo, a solo,
A solo, a solo here.

This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.
This song's just six words long.

This song's got nothin' to say,
But I'm recording it anyway,
I know if I put my mind to it,
I know I could find a good rhyme here.

Oh, you gotta have-a music,
You need really catchy music,
This song has got plenty of music,
But just six words, child.

And so I'll sing' em over,
And over and over and over,
And over and over and over, mm-mm,
And over and over and over,
And over and over and over again.

Six words long, six words long.
Six words long, six words long.
Six words long, six words long.

This song's just six words long.
It's just six words long.

[On the Road]

39. In All Fairness

Some of the songs that would get a lot of votes -- like "My Sweet Lord," are not Beatles songs.

"All Things Must Pass" was one of my favorite albums senior year in high school. My favorite track is "Run of the Mill." And I love "It's Johnny's Birthday," just as a fun song.

And George was my favorite Beatle. It's very sad that's he's gone, but life goes on within him and without him.

[regnaD kciN]

40. "If I Needed Someone" and "It's Only A Northern Song"...

Why list two? Listen to them back-to-back, and you'll understand...

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Right You Are!

Those two songs are great. My band does "If I Needed Someone".

Honorable mention: Something.
The Professor

[dbt]

43. Hands down, teeth out, it's SAVOY TRUFFLE!

Such an absurdist confection with the largest, meatiest, most evil saxophones ever recorded. Groups like Foreigner and Heart tried to reproduce those horns for the next ten years!

:bounce:
dbt

[Screaming Lord Byron]

48. Does 'Not Guilty' count?

That's my vote.

[welshTerrier2]

50. i recently heard

the acoustic version of "While my guitar gently weeps" ... i think the dj said he recorded it with eric clapton as a demo to try to convince John and Paul to record it with the Beatles ...

just incredible !!