Within You Without You

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[3Hotdogs]

1. Was that George's composition?

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2. Yes

And, Within You Without You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Written by lead guitarist George Harrison, it was Harrison's second composition in the Indian classical style, after "Love You To", and was inspired by his stay in India in late 1966 with his mentor and sitar teacher, Ravi Shankar. Recorded in London without the other Beatles, the song features Indian instrumentation such as sitar, tambura, dilruba and tabla, and was performed by Harrison and members of the Asian Music Circle. The recording marked a significant departure from the Beatles' previous work; musically, it evokes the Indian devotional tradition, while the overtly spiritual quality of the lyrics reflects Harrison's absorption in Hindu philosophy and the teachings of the Vedas.

[thucythucy]

3. A lovely song.

I also like this cover:

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4. Yeah well

I'm rarely appreciative of what I call bumpkin music

[thucythucy]

5. "Bumpkin Music"?

Not sure what that is but it sounds hilarious.

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6. Ha

I should probably have put that more delicately, but it was 5:45 in the morning To me it sounded like a person who usually does, what you might call country, and I showed my bias against it by calling it bumpkin when I denoted a twang in her voice. I don't know who the artist is. Sorry

[thucythucy]

7. It's Patti Smith,

also known as "The Godmother of Punk."

Though the album this is from, "Twelve," is something of a departure.

Other covers on the album include the Stones' "Gimmie Shelter," and Hendrix: "Are You Experienced."

I like this cut because you don't often run into covers of Harrison's Indian influenced songs. To me it brings out the beauty of the melody, which often gets overlooked because of the instrumentation and philosophical lyrics.

She does a similar thing with Dylan's "Changing of the Guard." Stripped of the background vocals and big band instrumentation, the song itself comes into a better focus.

My humble opinion, for what it's worth.

Anyway, no need to apologize. I thought the comment was a hoot!

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8. It's been my experience

That sometimes when the term, "it's a bit of a departure" is used, it means they've gone country but I'll take a listen and hope my worst fears are not realized, like when George joined the traveling wilburys