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"Māya Love" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1974 album Dark Horse. The song originated as a slide guitar tune, to which Harrison later added lyrics relating to the illusory nature of love – maya being a Sanskrit term for "illusion", or "that which is not".
As with most of the songs on his Living in the Material World album, George Harrison wrote "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" over 1971–72. [4] During this period, he dedicated himself to assisting refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, [5] by staging two all-star benefit concerts in New York and preparing a live album and concert film for release. [6]
"This Is Love" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison that was released on his 1987 album Cloud Nine. Harrison co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne , who also co-produced the track. In June 1988, it was issued as the third single from Cloud Nine , peaking at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart .
George Harrison in 1974. George Harrison (1943–2001) was an English musician who gained international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.With his songwriting contributions limited by the dominance of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Harrison was the first member of the Beatles to release a solo album. [1]
As critic Oliver Trager describes it, the song is a "straightforward love song of separation and yearning" with a "gorgeous melody and cascading, almost incantatory lyrics". [6] Each of the song's stanzas, except the last, ends with the title refrain, or variations of it. For example: I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset
When George Harrison was about 14, a friend of Harrison, Raymond Hughes, offered to sell a guitar. Harrison's mother then paid for the guitar, which cost £3.10s.– (equivalent to £110 in 2024 [27]). [28] [29] One of his father's friends taught Harrison how to play "Whispering", "Sweet Sue" and "Dinah".
A whimsical music video accompanied the single which was first shown on 20 November 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live.Directed by Monty Python's Eric Idle (who had a brief cameo in the video), the film featured Harrison, Neil Innes (as the carriage-pushing nanny/mother, a bathrobe-clad man with a duck on his head, and as a church authority), [3] Harrison's future wife Olivia Arias, and ...
"Miss O'Dell" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the B-side of his 1973 hit single "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)". Like Leon Russell 's "Pisces Apple Lady", it was inspired by Chris O'Dell, a former Apple employee, and variously assistant and facilitator to musical acts such as the Beatles , Derek & the Dominos ...