Long, Long, Long
“So many tears I was searching”
Harrison's hushed devotional ballad to the divine, modeled on Dylan's 'Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands' chord movement. Side 3 closer of the White Album, ending with the famous vibrating wine bottle on a Leslie cabinet.
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The Nostalgia motif is rare for George Harrison – it appears in just 9% of his sole-written songs (2 of 22), against 14% for John and 29% for Paul: 'Long, Long, Long' and 'I Need You'.
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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