I always thought that was him doing the backflips.  :o
...at that age?

...at that age?


Maybe he got some exercise.

Maybe he got some exercise.
It is an life long still, you suddenly cannot start back flipping without due care and attention.

It is an life long still, you suddenly cannot start back flipping without due care and attention.


and someone to watch over you just in case something happens during production.

and someone to watch over you just in case something happens during production.
Injuries can still happen when being watched over.

Injuries can still happen when being watched over.


He could fall and break some bones.

So many great songs to choose from.

Crackerbox Palace, When We Was Fab, Wreck of the Hesperus, I Got My Mind Set On You, I had to go with All Those Years Ago.

Originally written as a song for Ringo, he recorded but did not release it because he felt the vocal range was wrong.  And after the death of John, George took it back and re-wrote it as a tribute song to his friend.

It was also the only time the 3 remaining Beatles would perform in a song together until the Anthology project 2 decades later.  The original drum track by Ringo was kept after the lyric change, and Paul was brought in to provide background vocals.

Of all the Beatles, George performed by far the 2 best tribute songs to their original group.

Anybody else really love "This Song":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0i9rjTxhpY

He was embroiled in a court battle at the time defending one of his earlier songs over plagiarism  :-\\

Nonetheless - I love it!  :)

Anybody else really love "This Song":

He was embroiled in a court battle at the time defending one of his earlier songs over plagiarism  :-\\

Nonetheless - I love it!  :)

I actually don't know that one too well, but I did hear that it had to do with his plagiarism deal with "My Sweet Lord."

I'll take a listen sometime!

Anybody else really love "This Song":


A couple notes about "This Song", besides the plagiarism case:

- It was the first release from George's 33 1/3 album.  What you might not know: George had been going through a rough patch, musical career-wise. His first solo album, All Things Must Pass, came out with a Bang! - no, a KaBloooiee!!!!!, and George was soaring on top of the world.  A year later his Concert for Bangladesh effort was extremely well received.  And his 1973 album, Living In The Material World, also received critical praise along with commercial success, keeping George in the mix.  But it was to stop there.  His 1974 album, Dark Horse, was hurriedly cut after a long grueling tour, begrudgingly to meet a contractual deadline, and George's voice was shot; the critics had a field day.  A hard fall for an Ex-Beatle.  His next album, Extra Texture, fared little better - by now his fair weather fans had moved on.  So as 33 1/3 got raves from the critics, it was at last a return to George's glory days.

-George's personal life was likely going through changes - I don't know the exact timeline but if you recall, George's first wife left him for Eric Clapton (the Layla that Eric sung about).  It was likely around this time that George's romance with Olivia, his eventual second wife, began.

- 33 1/3 was the first album released on George's own brand new record label, Dark Horse

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