All Things Must Pass (song)

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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
publication November 30, 1970
length 3 min 43 s
Genre (s) skirt
Author (s) George Harrison
Label Apple
album All Things Must Pass

All Things Must Pass ( English , all things must pass') is a song of the British musician and ex- Beatles George Harrison in 1970. It appeared on the same album . It was also written by George Harrison.

background

George Harrison says in his autobiography : “When I wrote All Things Must Pass I was trying to do a Robbie Robertson - Band sort of tune and that is what it turned into. I think the whole idea of All Things Must Pass has been written up by all kinds of mystics and ex-mystics including Timothy Leary in his psychedelic poems. ” ("When I was writing All Things Must Pass , I was trying to do some kind of Robbie Robertson band piece, and that's what it became. I think the whole idea of ​​'All Things Must Pass' is written down by all kinds of mystics and ex-mystics including Timothy Leary in his psychedelic poems. ")

composition

The in 4 / 4 - stroke wrote song is in E major and lasts 3:43 and 3:44 minutes. The tempo is indicated as Very slowly   or Moderately Slow   .

text

Harrison shows in the song the necessity of the transience of all things using examples from nature: sunrise, cloudburst, sunset, darkness and daylight (sunrise, cloudburst, sunset, darkness, daylight) serve as proof that man himself is the Is subject to impermanence. This applies particularly to love: “Seems my love is up, and has left you with no warning” (“Seems that my love is over and has left you without warning”) and “After all this my love is up and must be leaving ”(“ After all this, my love is over and must go ”). But he also has consolation ready: “It's not always going to be this gray” (“It won't always be so gray”) and “A mind can blow those clouds away” (“A thought can blow those clouds away”). "The lyrics oscillate between a sadness that what we cherish must inevitably vanish and an optimism that what causes us pain will gradually disappear." ("The lyrics oscillate between a sadness that what we cherish and cherish must inevitably fade away, and an optimism that what causes us pain gradually passes.") " All Things Must Pass is a classic of Harrison's lyrical ambiguity; in essence it's a hopeful song, without sounding so! " (" All Things Must Pass is a classic example of Harrison's lyrical ambiguity; in essence, it's a hopeful song without sounding like it!")

occupation

Cast list:

admission

The recordings took place at Abbey Road Studios in London from May 26, 1970 to November 1970. The producers were George Harrison and Phil Spector . On February 25, 1969, George Harrison had already recorded a demo version. This was released in 1996 on the Beatles' double CD Anthology 3 . A demo version of the piece from 1970, which was recorded by Harrison, Ringo Starr and Klaus Voormann , is included on the album Early Takes: Volume 1 .

publication

In the US, the album All Things Must Pass was released on November 27, in Great Britain and Germany on November 30, 1970. In 2009 the piece appeared on the compilation Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison .

Reviews

"The title track [...] would be one of the most beautiful songs Harrison ever wrote, if not the very best."

"The title song [...] is perhaps one of the most beautiful songs Harrison ever wrote, if not the most beautiful."

- Elliot J. Huntley: Mystical One: George Harrison. After the Break-Up of The Beatles, p. 59

All Things Must Pass is a touching reflection on the transience of all things, including human love and life.

"' All Things Must Pass' is a poignant reflection on the impermanence of all things, including love and human life."

- Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison, p. 79

Cover versions

Billy Preston covered his version on September 11, 1970 on the album Encouraging Words . During Concert for George was Paul McCartney the song along with For You Blue and Something listed.

literature

  • Dale C. Allison Jr .: The Love There That's Sleeping. The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison . Continuum International, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-8264-1917-0 .
  • Keith Badman: The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970-2001 . Omnibus Press, London 2001, ISBN 0-7119-8307-0 .
  • John Blaney: George Harrison. Soul Man . Lightning Source, Milton Keynes 2015, ISBN 978-0-9544528-8-9 .
  • George Harrison: I Me Mine . Genesis, Guildford 2017, ISBN 978-1-905662-40-1 .
  • Elliot J. Huntley: Mystical One: George Harrison. After the Break-Up of The Beatles. Guernica, Toronto 2004, ISBN 1-55071-197-0 .
  • Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison. Praeger, Santa Barbara 2010, ISBN 978-0-313-37532-3 .
  • Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While My Guitar Gently Weeps . Firefly, London 2003, ISBN 0-9467-1950-0 .
  • Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. Hamlyn, London 1988, ISBN 0-600-55798-7 .
  • Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The song lexicon. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1426-7 .
  • NN : George Harrison. His Eighteen Greatest Songs. Music Sales, London 1991, ISBN 0-7119-2523-2 .
  • NN: George Harrison. The Apple Years 1968-75. Hal Leonard, Milwaukee n.d., ISBN 978-1-4950-0248-9 .
  • Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography . Nicole Schmenk, Oberhausen 2013, ISBN 978-3-943022-14-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 180
  2. ↑ Timothy Leary wrote a poem called All Things Pass . And so is the title in Harrison's manuscript. (George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 181)
  3. ↑ NN : George Harrison. The Apple Years 1968-75, pp. 8-11
  4. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography, p. 26
  5. ↑ Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, p. 69
  6. ↑ NN : George Harrison. The Apple Years 1968-75, p. 8
  7. ↑ NN : George Harrison. His Eighteen Greatest Songs, p. 6
  8. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 182, verses 1, 2, 8, 19, 21
  9. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 182, verses 3-4
  10. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 182, verses 10-11
  11. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 182, verses 5, 12, 23
  12. ↑ George Harrison: I Me Mine, p. 182, verse 9
  13. ^ Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison, p. 30
  14. ↑ Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, p. 70
  15. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography, p. 44; John Blaney: George Harrison. Soul Man, p. 126 also mentions Jim Price ( trombone ) and Bobby Keys ( saxophone ).
  16. ^ Keith Badman: The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970-2001, p. 10
  17. ↑ Simon Leng: The Music of George Harrison. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, p. 51
  18. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography, p. 26
  19. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, p. 171
  20. ^ Ian MacDonald: The Beatles. The Song Lexicon, p. 365
  21. ^ Andreas Rohde: George Harrison solo. A musical biography, p. 26
  22. ↑ John Blaney: George Harrison. Soul Man, p. 94
  23. ↑ Ian Inglis: The Words and Music of George Harrison, pp. 126-127