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Post by John S. Damm on Nov 3, 2009 12:53:07 GMT -5
This November 29 will "only" be the 8th anniversary of George's passing. While time is otherwise flying by in all other respects it seems, and things that happened to me ten years ago seem like yesterday, November 29, 2001, feels like a very long time ago in my mind at least. Actually I didn't get the news until 7:00 a.m. Friday, November 30, 2001, when I awoke and as always turned to The Today Show for news headlines and weather. With the sound still on mute, I saw the film image of George from the "All You Need Is Love" video and before the split-second it took for me to hit the sound, I knew. I knew George was gone because unlike the terrible suddenness of John's murder, we all knew George was ill and if his image was the lead one on a show like Today, that could only have meant one thing in November of 2001: the cancer had taken George. As we approach that date I wanted to start a new Thread to celebrate George's legacy and indeed to look back and mourn a little. I so wish he was alive, well and making music. His family would need him a whole lot more than for that but I am just a fan. Here is a tribute I had never heard before until today as I was watching the nine part interview of George that sayne has turned us on to; it is purportedly a December 3, 2001, live tribute to George by Bruce Springsteen with Soozie Tyrell at Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ: While Bob Dylan has been criticized for not playing at The Concert For George, I have always heard sincerity and sadness in his voice when he explains that he couldn't make the gig: Feel free to add whatever thoughts, images or sounds you have about George Harrison here as we approach another sad anniversary of his passing. By the way, I hadn't been to George's official website in a long time but I really like the looks of it: www.georgeharrison.com/
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Post by theman on Nov 7, 2009 21:55:03 GMT -5
I heard the news driving to work. Turned on The Ticket, which is the sports radio station in Dallas, and coming out of a commercial break, they started playing "When We Was Fab." At first, my thought was that it was kinda cool that they were using that song as a "bumper" until one of the hosts came on and mentioned George's passing. I was totally shocked. Even though I had seen the reports of his being sick, I guess I just really didn't realize that his cancer was truely terminal.
I was actually quite composed throughout the day. In fact, oddly so. But when I got home that evening and it hit me, I sort of lost it. I tried to leave the room so that my young baby daughter wouldn't see that I was upset. But since it was post 9/11, both my wife and I seemed to have a number of emotional moments watching news reports on TV on a pretty regular basis during that period.
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Post by John S. Damm on Nov 8, 2009 22:36:24 GMT -5
I heard the news driving to work. Turned on The Ticket, which is the sports radio station in Dallas, and coming out of a commercial break, they started playing "When We Was Fab." At first, my thought was that it was kinda cool that they were using that song as a "bumper" until one of the hosts came on and mentioned George's passing. I was totally shocked. Even though I had seen the reports of his being sick, I guess I just really didn't realize that his cancer was truely terminal. I was actually quite composed throughout the day. In fact, oddly so. But when I got home that evening and it hit me, I sort of lost it. I tried to leave the room so that my young baby daughter wouldn't see that I was upset. But since it was post 9/11, both my wife and I seemed to have a number of emotional moments watching news reports on TV on a pretty regular basis during that period. Wow, thanks for sharing that. There is no doubt that the timing of George's death coming so soon after 9/11 added to the utter anguish I(and many others including you!) went through the remainder of that year! I was late for work that morning as I posted on that great George tribute Thread, the original In Memoriam for George, started in the early morning of Nov. 30 on Steve's first Board which was still new. Up to the day Steve closed the old Board, I could get choked up going through that Thread, at least the posts in the first few days after Nov. 29, 2001. The people at my law firm were either indifferent or jerks, making jokes about it. That kind of crap existed when John was murdered when I was a senior in high school. My wife was kind of sensitive about it but it didn't have any impact on her personally.
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Post by lowbasso on Nov 30, 2010 13:45:57 GMT -5
It was 9 years ago yesterday. We still miss you George! Big Time. We know you have a BIG SMILE on your face today knowing your song "Here Comes The Sun" is still the top Beatle song being downloaded on ITunes!! Are you ribbing John about it up there? ?? ;D
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Post by scousette on Nov 30, 2010 14:28:09 GMT -5
It was 9 years ago yesterday. We still miss you George! Big Time. We know you have a BIG SMILE on your face today knowing your song "Here Comes The Sun" is still the top Beatle song being downloaded on ITunes!! Are you ribbing John about it up there? ?? ;D I was on a Beatle Tour in England when I heard that George's health was deteriorating rapidly. Everyone on the tour was quite sad and it was a sobering time. He passed shortly thereafter. George's death really affected me and made me more aware of my own mortality. My parents had both died not too long before George did, so those three events coming so closely together hit me very hard. I am thrilled that George's wonderful song is the most downloaded Beatle song on iTunes! Neener neener neener John and Paul!!
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Nov 30, 2010 14:36:18 GMT -5
I did a little article yesterday remembering George on the Examiner side. It's here: www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/remembering-george-harrison-our-music-playlist-of-his-workIn the months before he passed on, I covered his illness thoroughly. Reading back on that stuff, a link to which is included in the Examiner story, made me very sad. I remember being awaken by a phone call at 4 a.m. to tell me he'd died. I started writing to get the info online and kept going for hours. I created my playlist of George's music for the Examiner article. It probably left some things that should be there out ("Handle With Care," for one), but I'm happy with it otherwise. Your comments there are welcome.
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Post by John S. Damm on Nov 30, 2010 15:43:08 GMT -5
In the months before he passed on, I covered his illness thoroughly. Reading back on that stuff, a link to which is included in the Examiner story, made me very sad. I remember being awaken by a phone call at 4 a.m. to tell me he'd died. I started writing to get the info online and kept going for hours. You sure did Steve and we readers of your BEATLE NEWS BRIEFS(in the days before your Examiner Columns) anxiously clung to your postings daily on George. You had so much more news all accumulated in one place than we could have found on places like CNN.com, etc. I first heard the news by actually seeing images of George at the start of The Today Show as I was waking for work which told me instantly, before Katie Couric could say a word, that George was gone! I first went to your BEATLE NEWS BRIEFS and next went to your first Message Board where a wonderful Tribute Thread had started where we all poured out our souls in pure grief. RIP Hari!
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Post by John S. Damm on Nov 30, 2010 16:15:33 GMT -5
Man, that was hard, Steve, to review your Beatle News Page on George. And you were covering George's cancer before the July 8, 2001 entry which seems to be the first. My memory was that that is when you started an entire Section to George's health.
Prior to that, you had reported to us, Steve, about George's throat cancer which seems to have been his first cancer bout which we had all thought was found, treated and contained. There wasn't as much news about that because it seemed under control. Louise Harrison told those of us at the Chicago Beatlefest in the mid to late 1990's that the throat cancer in George was treated and he was, "100% recovered and cancer free."
I am reminded by your link here that by July 2001, George's cancer was rumored to be in his brain and that's when we collectively were very worried and probably why you created a separate news section right then.
You also had a detailed news section on the vicious knife attack upon George which had us all terribly upset too.
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Post by winstonoboogie on Nov 30, 2010 20:19:53 GMT -5
R.I.P., George.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 1, 2010 6:49:15 GMT -5
I am sorry that George is gone. But I must be honest and say that I had forgotten his passing this year, and I often get the exact day mixed up. When his death came it was not a shock because we'd been dreading it.
I know this will not be pleasant to read. I do indeed miss George and feel bad about his passing, but he was greatly the cause of his own tragic premature demise, as he had been a longtime smoker (I do recall a quote somewhere where George said: "I got it purely from smoking"). Now, much to his credit he did stop smoking later in life, but it was too late, unfortunately. I even have some footage from the 1991 Japan Tour where George and Eric Clapton are interviewed, and George scolds Eric because "this naughty boy still smokes cigarettes". It is a roll of the dice --- for Eric, it came up a 7 (so far). For poor George, it turned up craps.
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Post by stavros on Dec 1, 2010 7:40:39 GMT -5
George's music often takes a little more time for you to get into than John or Paul's. But is also worth the effort once you do. And he left us with a fine body of work. And although I am not really a fan of Indian music he opened the West up to appreciate it's virtues.
But his legacy also goes beyond his music. He poked fun at himself as a Rutle and even had a small role as a reporter in the original TV special. He was a keen gardener and also loved his fast cars and attended Grand Prix meetings around the globe. And we should not forget that in the late 70s and 80s his Handmade films single-handedly saved the Monty Python franchise and kept an ailing British movie industry going. Finally George paved the way for "Live Aid" with his Concert for Bangladesh a decade before.
On a final note I always enjoyed George's honesty and his dry humour when being interviewed. I feel privileged to have occupied the planet during part of his life.
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 1, 2010 10:42:36 GMT -5
I am sorry that George is gone. But I must be honest and say that I had forgotten his passing this year, and I often get the exact day mixed up. When his death came it was not a shock because we'd been dreading it. I did too. We are yearly reminded of the happier October 9th and this year it was really pushed as it would have been John's 70th birthday and we had reissues and a documentary and we all certainly have the Dec. 8 date seared in our minds because of the trauma but yes, Nov. 29 often sneaks up on me. George was the "Quiet" Beatle in life and death. He is greatly missed by us fans not to mention his family and friends. George had a clarity and perspective on his and The Beatles' history that was concise, accurate and refreshing.
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Post by mynameis on Dec 1, 2010 17:00:41 GMT -5
Seems hard to believe it has been so long since George moved on.... Attachments:
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 1, 2010 17:12:52 GMT -5
Seems hard to believe it has been so long since George moved on.... So true! Welcome mynameis!
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Dec 1, 2010 22:40:26 GMT -5
Folks: A reminder that links to download sites are not permitted. I deleted a post in this thread that violated that rule. Anyone that wants that information can exchange it by PM, but links should not be posted on the board.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Dec 1, 2010 22:44:36 GMT -5
Man, that was hard, Steve, to review your Beatle News Page on George. And you were covering George's cancer before the July 8, 2001 entry which seems to be the first. My memory was that that is when you started an entire Section to George's health. Prior to that, you had reported to us, Steve, about George's throat cancer which seems to have been his first cancer bout which we had all thought was found, treated and contained. There wasn't as much news about that because it seemed under control. Louise Harrison told those of us at the Chicago Beatlefest in the mid to late 1990's that the throat cancer in George was treated and he was, "100% recovered and cancer free." I am reminded by your link here that by July 2001, George's cancer was rumored to be in his brain and that's when we collectively were very worried and probably why you created a separate news section right then. You also had a detailed news section on the vicious knife attack upon George which had us all terribly upset too. Yeah, I had a tough time reading it, too. And being such a fan of his made it tougher. That it was appreciated by you guys and others was a good feeling.
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Post by Joseph McCabe on Dec 1, 2010 22:55:17 GMT -5
Folks: A reminder that links to download sites are not permitted. I deleted a post in this thread that violated that rule. Anyone that wants that information can exchange it by PM, but links should not be posted on the board. Yet you allow YouTube links, many of which contain commercially available material. Here we go again Steve. All I ask is that you are consistent. Your position on links containing music, at the moment, is quite inconsistent. Further: instead of deleting my post ENTIRELY, you could have deleted only the link and told people to pm me for it. Lastly, you didn't have the good manners to inform me personally of your actions.
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Post by Joseph McCabe on Dec 1, 2010 23:06:56 GMT -5
So just to make it clear to those who may be interested --
If you would like a needledrop of the bonus 12-inch from the Traveling Wilburys Collection from 2007 (Vinyl Edition), containing some stuff not on the CD collection, plus some now unavailable extras from CD singles, send me a pm.
Four people have dl'd it already. Join the club!
McCabe
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Post by coachbk on Dec 2, 2010 8:35:53 GMT -5
Just getting around to reading this. George's passing, even though I knew it was coming, hit me with a profound sadness that was somewhat more than I expected. With John it was more typical of the "stages of grief" being such an unexpected shock. With George it was just sadness for quite a while. I listened to his music a lot in the weeks following and started getting a smile on my face more often and eventually his death disappeared from my daily thoughts. But both John and George's deaths will still make me sad when I think about them.
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Post by OldFred on Dec 2, 2010 17:14:18 GMT -5
We miss you, Georgie.
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Post by Jason I on Dec 23, 2010 15:32:26 GMT -5
I posted this elsewhere here is a George Interview I recently stumbled across on youtube. I'd never seen it before. It's in a pub.
You get a sense of what George would have been like to have a pint with. Very candid.
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 23, 2010 18:39:27 GMT -5
That was a very cool video of George, thanks for sharing it Jason I!
I wonder who his friend "John" was, the guy in the blue sweater?
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Post by Jason I on Dec 24, 2010 8:00:27 GMT -5
That was a very cool video of George, thanks for sharing it Jason I! I wonder who his friend "John" was, the guy in the blue sweater? Thats John Peel, a very famous DJ in Britain who is unfortunately no longer with us. Fun fact. He seems quite friendly with George here - but if memory serves I remember him slagging Paul off quite a bit when he hosted one of the BBC Glastonbury shows (whatever year it was Paul played it).
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Post by winstonoboogie on Dec 24, 2010 22:37:01 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that, JasonI - and welcome to the board! Do you happen to know when this was taped? I'm guessing 1987, as George mentions the recent Sgt. Pepper anniversary, as well as "Shanghai Surprise", which was made in (approximately) 1985 or 1986.
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 26, 2010 14:46:07 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that, JasonI - and welcome to the board! Do you happen to know when this was taped? I'm guessing 1987, as George mentions the recent Sgt. Pepper anniversary, as well as "Shanghai Surprise", which was made in (approximately) 1985 or 1986. George looks very Cloud Nineish! What a lovely run George had from C9 through the Wilburys for us fans! He was looking great, sounding great and seeming to have fun. He tours Japan and -POOF- he's gone again musically!
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Post by Jason I on Dec 26, 2010 22:18:39 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that, JasonI - and welcome to the board! Do you happen to know when this was taped? I'm guessing 1987, as George mentions the recent Sgt. Pepper anniversary, as well as "Shanghai Surprise", which was made in (approximately) 1985 or 1986. Thanks, I actually used to post here quite a bit a looong time ago as Jason-Immerse. Back when Ron Nasty, Fiona & co were posting. Good to see some of the classic members are still here, JSD, Joey, Rocko etc According to IMDB the George appearance aired on 16 October 1987. If that's true, just less then a month before he released Cloud9 in fact.
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Post by Jason I on Dec 26, 2010 22:21:47 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that, JasonI - and welcome to the board! Do you happen to know when this was taped? I'm guessing 1987, as George mentions the recent Sgt. Pepper anniversary, as well as "Shanghai Surprise", which was made in (approximately) 1985 or 1986. George looks very Cloud Nineish! What a lovely run George had from C9 through the Wilburys for us fans! He was looking great, sounding great and seeming to have fun. He tours Japan and -POOF- he's gone again musically! It's a shame as he probably had another albums worth of songs he could have released before he went into hiatus At least we still have a ton of unreleased George music to look forward to hearing sometime in the future.
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Post by Panther on Dec 27, 2010 9:18:48 GMT -5
According to IMDB the George appearance aired on 16 October 1987. If that's true, just less then a month before he released Cloud9 in fact. Yes, you're right, because Dylan played 4 nights in London from Oct. 14th to 17th, 1987. In fact, George joined Dylan onstage the last night (17th) for a rendition of "Rainy Day Women". I am actually wondering which night specifically that George saw... didn't he say "last night" in the interview?
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Post by Panther on Dec 27, 2010 9:22:37 GMT -5
Not sure if there are any Dylan fans here, but if anyone's interested, this is from Oct. 17th, 1987: CD ONE - hotfile.com/dl/56071724/747b0b0/ ... 1.rar.html CD TWO - hotfile.com/dl/56076131/fdc57e0/ ... 2.rar.html TRACKS: Disc oneThe Times They Are A-Changin' Like A Rolling Stone Maggie's Farm Forever Young Dead Man, Dead Man I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine Simple Twist Of Fate I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Watching The River Flow Gotta Serve Somebody Man Of Peace I And I Don't Think Twice Tomorrow is A Long Time Heart Of Mine In The Garden Disc twoKnockin' On Heaven's Door Chimes Of Freedom (w/Roger McGuinn) Rainy Day Women (w/George Harrison)Go Down Moses Bonus: Emotionally Yours (1) To Ramona (1) Lenny Bruce (1) License To Kill (2) House Of The Rising Sun (3) Wicked Messenger (4) Desolation Row (5) Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (5) Shot Of Love (5) Joey (6) John Brown (6) When I Paint My Masterpiece (7)
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