Board 8 > How did George go from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" to...

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"Got My Mind Set On You."

Too many drugs AND blunt force trauma?

FFS...
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You're missing some important formative years in between them there. He found religion (My Sweet Lord), turned into a hippy (Here Comes The Sun), and forgot some of the basic rules of English (I Me Mine) for his lyric-writing.

Then when his career was over and he needed a pop hit to make money, he basically ended up playing six chords and writing extremely simple lyrics because it was 1987 and nostalgia-chasers would listen to anything put out by a Beatle at that point.

Basically the same logic that drives people today to seek out absolutely anything from the 90's.

TL;DR: He one holy roller. He got hair down to his knee. Got to be a joker, he just do what he please.
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FFnut posted...

You're missing some important formative years in between them there. He found religion (My Sweet Lord), turned into a hippy (Here Comes The Sun), and forgot some of the basic rules of English (I Me Mine) for his lyric-writing.

Then when his career was over and he needed a pop hit to make money, he basically ended up playing six chords and writing extremely simple lyrics because it was 1987 and nostalgia-chasers would listen to anything put out by a Beatle at that point.

Basically the same logic that drives people today to seek out absolutely anything from the 90's.

TL;DR: He one holy roller. He got hair down to his knee. Got to be a joker, he just do what he please.

10/10
Would read again
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FFnut posted...

playing six chords

well hey that's still 50% more than most pop music!
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FFnut posted...

You're missing some important formative years in between them there. He found religion (My Sweet Lord), turned into a hippy (Here Comes The Sun), and forgot some of the basic rules of English (I Me Mine) for his lyric-writing.

Then when his career was over and he needed a pop hit to make money, he basically ended up playing six chords and writing extremely simple lyrics because it was 1987 and nostalgia-chasers would listen to anything put out by a Beatle at that point.

Basically the same logic that drives people today to seek out absolutely anything from the 90's.

TL;DR: He one holy roller. He got hair down to his knee. Got to be a joker, he just do what he please.

Brilliant. And thanks. The lousy song never made sense before, but "cash grab" would explain it.
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