Even if he didn't admit it, he must have thought it... he was only human, like Kevin said.
sure. and i'm pretty sure he knew he had lost it. there was always the mccartney-lennon rivalry, but of course george saw paul doing pretty good things, not just john. george's albums became more and more boring after all things must pass, he just kept repeating himself. but it is true, that is a very human thing. 33 1/3 is about as deep as he could possibly sink.
'Gone Troppo' is so awful, it isnt even worthy of a beer coaster in my house. If it wasnt for 'Wake Up My Love', it could possibly be the worse mix of music ever thrown together on an album.
'Gone Troppo' is so awful, it isnt even worthy of a beer coaster in my house. If it wasnt for 'Wake Up My Love', it could possibly be the worse mix of music ever thrown together on an album.
I guess we're fated to have opposing tastes, Tkitna. 'Wake Up My Love' is one of my least-favorite cuts from that album. The repetitive keyboard rift doesn't do a thing for me; I actually find it obnoxious. I also dislike "Baby Don't Run Away"-- the whole arrangement and particularly the female voice just don't work for me.
But in contrast to Tkitna and Wayne (among others, I'm sure) I enjoy the album overall. I love the social commentary and innovative guitar-playing on "That's the Way It Goes" (not to mention the beat), and I delight in the sheer goofiness of "I Really Love You". "Greece", "Gone Troppo", and "Mystical One" all have an upbeat, vacation in the tropics feel, which is one of the reasons I like the whole mood of this album. I wish they'd released the toe-tapping pop song "Dream Away" with the hit movie Time Bandits for which it was written; I'm sure it would have done well as a single. And concluding the album with the gentle lament of "Circles" is slightly melancholy and soothing at the same time.
So, not top of the list, but definitely not bottom of the stack for me. I'm still making up my mind about that; no need to rush. Cheers, all.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
I guess we're fated to have opposing tastes, Tkitna. 'Wake Up My Love' is one of my least-favorite cuts from that album. The repetitive keyboard rift doesn't do a thing for me; I actually find it obnoxious. I also dislike "Baby Don't Run Away"-- the whole arrangement and particularly the female voice just don't work for me.
But in contrast to Tkitna and Wayne (among others, I'm sure) I enjoy the album overall. I love the social commentary and innovative guitar-playing on "That's the Way It Goes" (not to mention the beat), and I delight in the sheer goofiness of "I Really Love You". "Greece", "Gone Troppo", and "Mystical One" all have an upbeat, vacation in the tropics feel, which is one of the reasons I like the whole mood of this album. I wish they'd released the toe-tapping pop song "Dream Away" with the hit movie Time Bandits for which it was written; I'm sure it would have done well as a single. And concluding the album with the gentle lament of "Circles" is slightly melancholy and soothing at the same time.
So, not top of the list, but definitely not bottom of the stack for me. I'm still making up my mind about that; no need to rush. Cheers, all.
I love the album too, Harihead.My favourite Beatle is John but George wrote some of the most beautiful melodies and he was dstill doing in the seventies and eighties.Gonne troppo is very underated.It is a long time since I listened to it so I cannot remember the songs so well to describe why I like them but I remember how funny some of them are for example the cover he made of I Really Love You.
And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make
Gone Troppo's not a bad album but i don't think one of his best, i agree with Harihead that Baby Don't Run Away & Wake Up My Love are quite weak songs & i don't like that keyboard sound he used . the best song on their for me is Unknown Delight. i think its a beautiful song & realised it was written for Dhani when he was born! That's the Way it Goes is a good tune but not some of George's best lyrics. Mystical One is quite a happy tune but i do struggle with the rest of the album. Not a great George album but OK
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I've been listening to George Harrison for over 30 years, so I know all these albums pretty well. When I first heard Brainwashed I didn't like it, but it grew on me and now I love it. I love Extra Texture, but I think that's only because of the memories it brings back. It's probably not really that good of an album.
My fav George album's are 33 & 3rd, George Harrison, Cloud 9 & Brainwashed. I love the songs on All Things Must Pass but not the overall echo sound on it & the Apple Jam really lets it down for me. I loved Brainwashed from the 1st listen & it was a very important album in a period in my life when it came out. Electronic Music is quite a awful album, has anyone mentioned this?
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heheheh why? everyone's entitled to their own taste, right? just because a majority of people think it is great, is it strange someone else is thinking a different way? a wise man once said: don't follow leaders. and: think for yourself.