# In honour of George, post your fave Harrison song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104 "2001-11-30T12:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/1 "2001-11-30T12:03:04Z")
Mine will always be _Something_. A song ahead of it’s time, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/2 "2001-11-30T12:15:48Z")
~~Savoy Truffel ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/3 "2001-11-30T12:31:29Z")
My fave? Here Comes the Sun (followed very closely by Something) His best? Um…lemme think about it…there’s so many! Fenris ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/4 "2001-11-30T12:33:45Z")
All of them, but especially _Starting Over_. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/5 "2001-11-30T12:36:10Z")
I really like **I Want To Tell You** and **It’s All Too Much.** Probably my favorite is **While My Guitar Gently Weeps** Rest in peace, George. And thanks for the music. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/6 "2001-11-30T12:55:03Z")
favourite with the Beatles is While My Guitar Gently Weeps (especially the intro) And Taxman as a close second (Killer riff) On his own: Peace on Earth, or any thing from Dark Horse or 33 1/3. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/7 "2001-11-30T13:01:52Z")
**Don’t Bother Me** , a criminally underrated song from _With The Beatles_. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/8 "2001-11-30T13:08:59Z")
_Something_ and _While My Guitar Gently Weeps_. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/9 "2001-11-30T13:14:07Z")
I wonder how many people throughout the world are doing the same as I am right now and playing _Something_ and _My Guitar Gently Weeps_ over and over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/10 "2001-11-30T13:15:36Z")
Yet another vote for **While my guitar gently weeps** and **Something**. Sigh. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/11 "2001-11-30T13:20:58Z")
Here Comes the Sun He and Paul Simon performed the song as a duet on SNL once and at the end Paul Simon said, sort of under his breathe, “Boy, that’s nice.” I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/12 "2001-11-30T13:27:38Z")
Most of Harrisons stuff is rather odd, but I would say “I Need You” is my fave; btw I believe it was Paul who did the lead guitar on Taxman, another Pretty Good Song ™ ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/13 "2001-11-30T13:41:30Z")
I normally don’t do “me too” postings, but the Beatles provided the background music during my formative years (not unlike many other booomers), so I feel I must comment. _Something_ gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/14 "2001-11-30T14:04:12Z")
Piggies. “Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.” ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/15 "2001-11-30T14:04:28Z")
Not usually a bandwagoner, but I have to agree and say “Something” and “While my Guitar Gentle Weeps” (as I do now at the loss of yet another Beatle passed from this life too soon). [sub] **STEPPING ONTO MY LITTLE SOAPBOX:** Smokers, please, pretty please quit today.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/16 "2001-11-30T14:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > \*\*All of them, but especially _Starting Over_. \*\* That was Lennon. My favorite Harrison/Beatle song is “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” I also love “Taxman” and “If I Needed Someone.” Favorite solo songs are “Blow Away,” “All Those Years Ago,” “My Sweet Lord” and “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth).” What a sad day. Sheri ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/17 "2001-11-30T14:26:02Z")
Probably My Sweet Lord, but actually whichever one I’m listening to at the time. I was stationed overseas when My Sweet Lord came out. I first heard it on a tape my brother sent me of underground radio because you’re really out of the musical loop when your only musical input is Armed Forces radio. Anyway, typical of the time, they didn’t often back announce the songs on FM stations back then, so I never knew who this song was by. My Sweet Lord really haunted me for several weeks. I could not hear enough of it. Then one night at a restaurant/nightclub in Taipei I heard the song come on the jukebox. I jumped up from my table and ran through the crowded restaurant to the jukebox to finally find out who this song was by. Oh, the joy! It wasn’t even diminished when I finally found a bootleg Taiwanese copy of the album with the song “My Sweet Lard.” I will always be grateful to George who served as the guide at the trailhead of spiritualality for many seekers. Thank you George. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/18 "2001-11-30T14:27:07Z")
Sitting here now listening to “It’s All Too Much.” I love the way that song ends the “Yellow Submarine” animation and segues into the part with the Beatles themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/19 "2001-11-30T14:34:23Z")
Something is my favorite George Harrison song, my favorite Beatles song and one of my favorite songs of all time. George was always my favorite Beatle. John was a little too smart, Paul a little too cute, but George was just quiet enough. I, too, urge all smokers to quit today. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104/20 "2001-11-30T14:44:40Z")
Really, there’s no “wrong” answers to this one. Beatles: “Here Comes the Sun” for its sonic qualities, esp. solo: “What is Love?” (great rollicking rave-up; can’t believe no one else has picked it!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honour-of-george-post-your-fave-harrison-song/96104.md?page=2)