The only song George Harrison had trouble with

While the expression of his feelings often led to some ugly moments on the album Dark Horse, things started to swing a little in his direction again Thirty-three and a third. The end result had nothing to do with rock’n’roll at all, but it’s hard to really listen to a song like “Crackerbox Palace” without having a big, goofy grin on your face half the time.

If this kind of breezy music worked once, why not try it again? Because if Harrison had fun with this album, his eponymous release would be a tropical-tinged take on his spiritual side. Although most people fondly remember highlights like “Blow Away” or even the Beatles sequel “Here Comes the Moon,” “Your Love Is Forever” is perhaps one of the greatest love songs he ever wrote.

However, that did not mean that it happened without a fight, as Harrison in I myself mine“It was difficult for me to write the lyrics because sometimes I’m not sure which direction the lyrics should go when I think of a melody. But in this case, I liked the melody and wanted the lyrics to be good and to mean something too.”

This difficulty was probably not alleviated by the fact that Harrison was using an open guitar tuning with which he was unfamiliar. He had tried these unusual tunings before on pieces such as “Dear One,” but trying to coax any melody out of an instrument that is not normally tuned is practically like learning to ride a bicycle backwards with your hands tied.

And yet, Harrison has written a tune that could rival “Something” as one of his finest compositions. While that piece was about the woman in his life who swept him off his feet, this one continues with the theme of “My Sweet Lord” and how his bond with his Creator will live forever in his soul.

That kind of mentality might have put some people off at the time, but Harrison couldn’t be expected to mind. He had finally found salvation through his music, so why not spend the rest of his life sharing the spiritual gift he had found with everyone else?

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