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Post by John S. Damm on Sept 5, 2020 13:45:43 GMT -5
Our friend RockoRoll(also known as the Rock-Dawg!) started this Series and we have not had a song in over a year so I will start one for this week. "Run Of The Mill" was released on George Harrison's 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. It is believed to be about the break-up of The Beatles and the deterioration in the personal friendship between George and Paul McCartney but probably with John Lennon also. In his 1980 autobiography, I, Me, Mine, George wrote as to the "Run of the Mill" lyrics, "the first song I ever wrote that looked like a poem on paper." Olivia Harrison has called "Run Of The Mill" one of her very favorite songs from her late husband. It is one of my favorite songs from George and I also like that it is rather obscure from ATMP. What are your thoughts on this song?
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Post by hofner61 on Sept 6, 2020 8:33:50 GMT -5
Here are the lyrics to this classic Harrison song.
Everyone has choice
When to or not to raise their voices
It's you that decides
Which way you will turn
While feeling that our love's not your concern
It's you that decides
No one around you
Will carry the blame for you
No one around you
Will love you today and throw it all away
Tomorrow when you rise
Another day for you to realize me
Or send me down again
As the days stand up on end
You've got me wondering how I lost your friendship
But I see it in your eyes
Though I'm beside you
I can't carry the lame for you
I may decide to
Get out with your blessing
Where I'll carry on guessing
How high will you leap
Will you make enough for you to reap it?
Only you'll arrive
At your own made end
With no one but yourself to be offended
It's you that decides
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Post by hofner61 on Sept 6, 2020 8:43:09 GMT -5
Apparently Run of the Mill was written shortly after the Get Back Sessions ended.
I'm not sure if George demoed this tune to the Beatles during the Abbey Road sessions or if he just saved it for later. He had a lot of tunes in the bank by this time.
An alternative version of the song, performed solo by Harrison on acoustic guitar, appears on the 2012 compilation Early Takes: Volume 1.
It would be good to compare the 2 versions to see how the song developed during the ATMP sessions. I have linked this version here.
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Post by John S. Damm on Sept 6, 2020 12:07:10 GMT -5
Here are the lyrics to this classic Harrison song. .....No one around you Will carry the blame for you No one around you Will love you today and throw it all away Tomorrow when you rise Another day for you to realize me Or send me down again As the days stand up on end You've got me wondering how I lost your friendship But I see it in your eyes Though I'm beside you I can't carry the lame for you.... The lyrics I kept above are my favorite although all the lyrics in this song are good! These lyrics can resonate with all of us who have grown apart from a lover or even a friend! Very poignant stuff!
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Post by John S. Damm on Sept 6, 2020 12:14:09 GMT -5
Apparently Run of the Mill was written shortly after the Get Back Sessions ended. I'm not sure if George demoed this tune to the Beatles during the Abbey Road sessions or if he just saved it for later. He had a lot of tunes in the bank by this time. An alternative version of the song, performed solo by Harrison on acoustic guitar, appears on the 2012 compilation Early Takes: Volume 1. It would be good to compare the 2 versions to see how the song developed during the ATMP sessions. I have linked this version here. Thanks for posting the acoustic version, it is indeed awesome! George sings the exact lyrics you have posted Hofner61 so no change there. I will say that in my opinion, Spector's arrangement is perfect on "Run Of The Mill" and I do not feel that way for most of the other songs except maybe "My Sweet Lord" which was produced expertly. Things like "Let It Down" are buried by Phil's Wall Of Sound. But "Run Of The Mill" seems more tastefully done IMO.
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