John, recovering from an automobile accident, didn't participate at all on Here Comes the Sun, and there are obviously lots of other instruments (four violas, four cellos, double bass, two piccolos, two flutes, two alto flutes, two clarinets, MOOG Synthesizer, multiple guitars, bass, drums)....but I have to tell you, hearing our two lads singing together is a real joy!
It's so easy to forget that Paul and George knew each other before Paul met John. Paul's earliest trips hitchhiking and sleeping under the stars, eating from a can, were with George, not John. It's a shame that they fell into such an unfortunate pattern with each other, but on this song, there is in fact some sun shining. After George recorded his lead vocals, he and Paul returned the following day for the backup vocals, singing their parts together into the same mic, two times to fill it out, and that's it.
The complaints about Paul's imperiousness, George's thin-skinned resentments, all that stuff -- it's all true, of course, but so's this. When it was time to work, they got it done. Paul did some of his best work on other people's songs (what would Something or Come Together be without Paul's bass? His list of vocal contributions to the other lads' songs is too long to list), and George never missed a chance to shine wherever he could, including on Paul's songs (his solo on Let It Be is one of the best things to happen to any of us).
So stripping away the other instruments, the pain, the grief, the fatigue, and all the rest, these two glorious voices on this glorious song. I love this, and think you will too!
Hey, and a great photo by Linda as the poster frame, no? My wife said, "I'm not sure I've ever seen a less flattering photo of Paul, but it's also one of the most joyous I've ever seen, and I think one of my favorites." Hard to disagree, even if it wasn't my wife saying it. LOL
It's so easy to forget that Paul and George knew each other before Paul met John. Paul's earliest trips hitchhiking and sleeping under the stars, eating from a can, were with George, not John. It's a shame that they fell into such an unfortunate pattern with each other, but on this song, there is in fact some sun shining. After George recorded his lead vocals, he and Paul returned the following day for the backup vocals, singing their parts together into the same mic, two times to fill it out, and that's it.
The complaints about Paul's imperiousness, George's thin-skinned resentments, all that stuff -- it's all true, of course, but so's this. When it was time to work, they got it done. Paul did some of his best work on other people's songs (what would Something or Come Together be without Paul's bass? His list of vocal contributions to the other lads' songs is too long to list), and George never missed a chance to shine wherever he could, including on Paul's songs (his solo on Let It Be is one of the best things to happen to any of us).
So stripping away the other instruments, the pain, the grief, the fatigue, and all the rest, these two glorious voices on this glorious song. I love this, and think you will too!
Hey, and a great photo by Linda as the poster frame, no? My wife said, "I'm not sure I've ever seen a less flattering photo of Paul, but it's also one of the most joyous I've ever seen, and I think one of my favorites." Hard to disagree, even if it wasn't my wife saying it. LOL
