world stone world stone song english musician george_harrison released extra texture read final album album lead single harrison wrote song recorded years later following negative reception afforded north american tour dark horse album context release commentators view world stone plea harrison tolerance critics according biographers lyrics reflect harrison doubts devotion spiritual path apparent crisis faith followed spiritual tour work harrison recorded world stone los_angeles backing musicians including mood recording typical extra texture album demonstrating influence soul music harrison career period music critics tended view track unfavourable light author describes song expression world background george_harrison album attracted highly favourable reviews publications billboard critical reaction album scathing focused near completed north american tour took place november december year harrison planned concerts pilgrimage india february midway period rock star excess failure marriage author suggests harrison envisaged tour development acclaimed shows indian music set harrison themed rock songs warmly received carry idea writes harrison motivation tour open tens thousands minds wisdom found eastern harrison workload particularly dedication setting label replace beatles fast left rushing prepare tour october completing issue compromised harrison enthusiasm venture attention afforded tour resulting clash artist self image expectations critics criticism tour harrison hindu aligned religious beliefs came uplifting messages fans symbolic nme critic later described mood singer shows encore harrison turned biggest solo hit sweet lord chant god author writes krishna christ times set audience lack respect indian music god conscious path rare interview early tour harrison defend decision feature beatles era songs setlist telling rolling_stone magazine says create preserve image choice image choice life belongs lord krishna servant servant servant servant servant krishna harrison musical biographer describes period immediately following tour open season harrison rolling_stone declared harrison inherited precious legacy spiritual group accumulated magazine album reviewer attacked spiritual writing nme similarly dismissed product complete universe confined guru privately harrison descended spiritual funk writes biographer concludes harrison post tour mindset depressing realization people simply didn care hear krishna maya getting liberated birth death man natural instinct share life transforming discoveries rejected composition author suggests reasons harrison follow album extra texture read rushed production april artist negative fallout created winter having come little new material previous months harrison revisited songs written begun writing titled world stone autobiography harrison explains message song don follow outlined opening verse wise men won follow like world stone long way context recorded song harrison biographers view lyrics harrison previous role avatar eastern notes precedent set late 1960s beatles recast fundamental spiritual truths harrison observing rock stars cure world spiritual interprets verse listeners looking beatles philosophical answers frank confession harrison quasi religious search enlightenment brought little song second verse serves harrison plea tolerance critics writes extra texture songs answer end disagree right world stone eponymous world stone material world guise observes song instrumental breaks harrison states world long way home home spiritual understanding according repeated line viewed significant christian theologian basis harrison intended final word home sacred sanskrit term writes find long way home says autobiography renders long way inner turmoil having faith identifies extra texture unique harrison solo albums complete avoidance positive theological statements harrison apparently existence interprets particular lyric singer expressing god ideals noting ancient hindu text identifies sound promises chanting attention deathbed lead highest goal writes possible inclusion context world stone ceased george come doubt matters lyrics world stone harrison earlier religious content ambiguity quality identifies especially lines song final verse harder presents possible interpretations play blind idea harrison rejection concept espoused beatles composition inner light knowledge key enlightenment like detractors rolling_stone guitar crying dig rock journalists september track track discussion extra texture bbc_radio_1 harrison commented world stone story saying everybody opinion right nice melody author writes ill fated tour harrison continued work implicit spirituality rarely manifested surface harrison album contains themed learning love dear writes reflects religious renewal following melancholy extra texture recording sessions extra texture took place hollywood starting week april harrison taped basic track world stone backing musicians piano organ electric guitar bass drums friend harrison beatles years hamburg dismayed prevalence drugs sessions recognising harrison events past couple years according rodriguez participation world stone marked relatively rare appearance german bass player extra texture sessions regard song similarly grey cloudy lies harrison girlfriend time later wife recalls harrison hard period world stone typical parent album keyboard based sound tended moody piano driven soul jazz recording opens foster piano provides main instrumentation verses author describes song sped second section featuring band suggests structure partly mirrors harrison charity single slow explanatory introduction followed rocker world stone shuffle unlike song returns briefly sparse piano led setting harrison sings falsetto similar answer end gospel hammond organ prominent uptempo instrumental sections feature extended guitar harrison shouted crowd like backing chorus authors write basic track took place june song revisited june album musicians credits provide personnel chorus singing easter list harrison davis foster attitudes singer participating june session release recorded obvious choice world stone selected reverse album lead single released september britain days later united_states author describes pairing beat love song backed philosophical ballad rodriguez notes quality single compared slower darker groove songs world stone bit title suggested time solo artist harrison undertook promotion album limiting discussion spiritual issues conceding feeling like stated real place writing songs apple issued extra texture read later september world stone closing original format despite lack album lyrical content artwork based sketches provided harrison included blue symbol displayed prominently vivid orange cover face labels single album reception describes critical reception extra texture slightly received rolling_stone dismissed album concluded collection finally faced fact harrison records boring chants paths glory realms pop music routes writing commented response world stone songs critics judge severely different context year dark horse pleas sympathetic review editor similarly impressed writing retrospect album upbeat world stone track held low esteem harrison biographers describes expression world notes confused melancholy confident religious advocacy things pass living material world remarkable includes song extra texture tracks grey cloudy lies tired midnight blue examples harrison having reached rock views world stone uptempo sections backing vocals annoying harrison guitar sound bit thin melody doesn beginnings like gives discussion song possible interpretations lyrics writes harrison returns view world place obstacles trials little hope variations vocal range fail add variety interest predictable message set score reviewing reissue harrison apple catalogue considers extra texture songs world stone worn writes track composer taking sweet melody unpredictable direction concludes today pop stars flash appreciate irony harrison attacked preaching enlightenment personnel george_harrison vocals electric guitar backing vocals piano synthesizer organ electric guitar bass drums uncredited backing vocals
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