things pass song things pass song english musician george_harrison issued november title track triple album released song originally things pass album encouraging words beatles rejected inclusion let album january composition reflects influence band sound communal music making harrison spent time group new_york late poem things pass psychedelic adaptation provided inspiration song lyrics subject matter deals nature human existence reading words music combine reflect impressions optimism release album cover image commentators viewed song statement beatles break widely regarded harrison finest compositions rejection band provoked comment biographers reviewers music critic described things pass song recorded beatles author considers greatest solo composition recording produced london features orchestral arrangement contributions musicians beatles failed formally record song solo demo harrison appears compilation anthology early version sessions released harrison posthumous compilation early takes volume paul_mccartney performed things pass tribute november year harrison death artists covered song background like friend george_harrison inspired music big pink seminal debut album band backing group bob_dylan released july music big pink partly responsible harrison return guitar instrument spent years attempting master complex indian harrison duly shared enthusiasm british music press declaring big pink new sound come america drummer later recalled helping establish band internationally appreciation band guitarist extended invitation harrison stop new_york opportunity arose late producing sessions los_angeles solo album signing harrison spent thanksgiving december upstate new_york renewed friendship semi retired took informal jam sessions band according helm discussed making possible jam album apple films rock western called project progressed planning stage surroundings proved harrison songwriter producing collaboration leading write things pass later described song band type tune said imagined sung helm composition discussing things pass music journalist harrison recalled starting point composition weight song religious country feeling musically verses things pass set logical climb key brief choruses form departure inclusion minor chord expected major voicing author notes composition incorporates modes found band songs weight night drove old lyrics harrison drew inspiration things pass poem published book psychedelic prayers autobiography harrison refers idea song originating kinds including like later harrison compositions comes sun sad blow away lyrical emotional content based metaphors involving weather cycle nature harrison states opening lines verse sunrise doesn morning doesn day according harrison biographer lyrics reflect life character nature love suggests song end love affair theologian note optimism offered harrison words puts new day things pass avoids writes statement inclusive things material world explains parent album things pass finds hope meaning god pass away song main message offered middle things pass life strings way face day ultimately cycle nature offers writes evidenced verse lines darkness stays night time daylight good arriving right time lyrics underwent minor changes harrison presented song beatles january began working london called project released let album film initially written second line verse literal wind blow clouds away sessions reveal john_lennon suggesting word mind introduce bit song similarly repeated line gon grey originally grey verses pre things pass recording history beatles rehearsals contrast creative equality enjoyed band harrison returned beatles fold found atmosphere white album sessions early rehearsals music journalist notes arrival day partner fellow paul_mccartney band group saying living happen band january day film shoot harrison introduced things pass band worked song intermittently days filming search suitable musical arrangement harrison stressed preference feel akin band suggestion resulted switching guitar organ keyboard favoured band rehearsals beatles discussed idea harrison performing things pass solo inclusion proposed film returned song briefly end january time project moved location central london harrison conditions rejoining beatles temporary january band gave fair time things pass ultimately pushed aside harrison compositions including old brown shoe isn pity let received lukewarm reception particularly rolling_stone referred period struggle harrison restrictions writing beatles authors unauthorized chronicle beatles let disaster observe routinely rejected harrison songs far better beatles formally recorded things pass rehearsal takes compilations sessions fly wall bonus disc accompanying instigated let naked album includes snippet beatles band like song harrison solo demo beatles apple studio session january harrison talked possibly solo album unused songs order preserve bit offered support idea author suggested keen spare band having work harrison songs consider enthusiasm solo project allow continue recording activities causing friction beatles february 26th birthday harrison entered abbey road studios recorded demo song recent compositions old brown shoe serving engineer recorded takes things pass adding extra electric guitar second version eventually released beatles collection anthology version soon harrison begun talking publicly making solo album final months offered things pass recent sweet lord album encouraging words harrison invitation preston played keyboards beatles let sessions resumed year old impressed superior presence preston soon offered recording deal second album contract produced harrison preston reading things pass obvious debt mentor harrison later recording generally viewed definitive version allmusic considers treatment song superior preston version appeared september months beatles break things pass recording completing production preston release harrison chose record song title track post beatles solo debut triple album things pass describing things pass haunting hymn mortality author notes added harrison version death mother july long period illness producer harrison taped basic track abbey road studios early june participants included german bassist band fan credits song piano sang backing vocals future autobiography states preston played piano things pass contribution pump organ lists harrison having played acoustic guitar drums according personnel offers gordon played song overdubs track nashville session musician recorded pedal steel guitar brief visit london participate sessions harrison songs locked door live erratic behaviour sessions left harrison handle project august receiving tape harrison early mixes songs provided written feedback guidance wrote things pass particular song good honest vocal performance acceptable far concerned expressed disapproval horns start track words authors heads prevailed horn parts retained recording opens steady piano chords writes terms sensitive string orchestration soon joined horns drake pedal steel highlights combination providing song rising falling musical moods implying variously light darkness writes musical arrangement competing impressions hope melancholy found harrison lyrics true roots recording evokes band weight eponymous second album tracks similarly inspired beauty autumn according helm release album artwork years harrison wrote song things pass released november closing triple album original format despite high retail price things pass major commercial success comfortably concurrent solo releases song title invariably seen statement demise beatles commentators viewed album harrison liberation artistic constraints imposed band album cover image showing harrison seated lawn surrounded garden thought represent beatles viewed reflecting theme commenting things pass new layers relevance album creation particularly death harrison mother mojo editor writes november mistaken title significance cement association ideas cover picture george solitary surrounded quartet interview photographer admitted words things pass helped inspire set photo saying beatles right title symbolic reception legacy release rolling_stone described things pass hopeful resigned album music mountain tops vast author noted reference harrison commercial critical dominance following break fact beatles kept george flowering talents proved secret weapon named things pass darkness songs things pass musically lyrically mysterious seductive melodies faded strings horns like blue jay way fog writing rolling_stone praised song musical demonstration sweet faith triple album nearly song excellent allmusic picks things pass standout tracks track picks writing theme kind song fits mood november trees getting stripped bare leaves days getting shorter colder resign knowing going tougher tougher regards months knowing hardships pass away come book harrison subtitled spiritual biography refers song majestic title track leaves listener ultimate classic rock places things pass list harrison best solo songs hit singles things pass sweet lord life comments album title track takes harrison death great writing rough guides similarly describes song heart piece significant passing year harrison biographers considers things pass classic harrison lyrical ambiguity essence hopeful song sounding lyric approaches bob_dylan standard praises lyrics writing song contains harrison words daylight good arriving right time fine example ability position profound commonplace rates harrison beautiful songs best suggests sentiments things pass fitting conclusion final album recorded beatles abbey road similarly rates things pass highlight harrison career considers greatest solo composition book revolution head describes things pass song recorded beatles guardian included track list songs hear performance later releases things pass track harrison played concert appeared preliminary setlist shows twice performed song live cameras final years life beginning appearance vh1 hard rock live filmed new_york pair promote recent collaboration host urging harrison accepted acoustic guitar performed brief rendition things pass late harrison sang things pass seated main lawn performance included press kit things pass 30th anniversary reissue early following year coinciding reissue song appeared promotional single sweet lord omitted selection tracks best george harrison writes song appeared harrison career spanning compilation let roll documentary george_harrison living material world things pass song featured movie played footage german air raids britain world war november year recorded demo song featuring harrison appeared deluxe edition accompanying british dvd release film subsequently issued worldwide early takes volume cover versions daniel composed music documentary film incorporating melodies george_harrison songs things pass tribute harrison held london royal albert hall november paul_mccartney sang things pass backed large band included preston notes irony performing song beatles biographer comments wasn hard imagine harrison led band soulful rendition things pass songs beatles refused seriously january according author writes having artists recorded things pass years harrison death wife included song acoustic live album love songs live whitney chapel jazz guitarist covered things pass album harrison harrison jazz explanations george harrison released october live version appeared single everybody takes following year included cover song album things pass harrison compositions covered tribute recorded december released august released version song solo album journey vocals acoustic guitar personnel musicians performed version song believed follows george_harrison vocals acoustic guitar backing vocals acoustic guitar backing vocals pedal steel piano backing vocals bass drums drums saxophone trumpet horn arrangement string arrangement
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