![]() However, he still unleashed an attack on them in “Wreck of the Hesperus.” That was another thing George came to terms with in the 1980s. George Harrison Said He and the BBC Had a Lot of Beatles Bootlegs The end of the song became more of an attack against the pressįor most of his semi-functioning career, George felt that the press constantly tried to nail him for whatever reason. George didn’t know if people actually thought about celebrities getting old, but he thought they might be thinking something. Reporter Anthony DeCurtis said “Wreck of the Hesperus” was George’s way of “making fun of perceptions of you, again, as this person retired, in the big house, and sort of removed….” I’m less worried about stuff, and I think worries and paranoias and things like that just get in the way, and I seem to have got shut a lot of that out in my system and consequently I feel better.” He sings, “I’m not the wreck of the Hesperus/ Feel more like the Wall of China/ Getting old as Methuselah/ Feel tall as the Eiffel Tower/ I’m not a power of attorney/ But I can rock as good as Gibraltar/ Ain’t no more no spring chicken/ Been plucked but I’m still kicking/ But it’s alright, it’s alright.”ĭuring an interview, Ray Martin (per George Harrison on George Harrison) said the song was about getting better as you get older. He might have aged, but he’s still free to do what he wants. On “Wreck of the Hesperus,” George speaks a bit about it. However, George stopped caring about what they, or anyone else, thought about him or his music. He’d taken years off of releasing music because he didn’t like what the record business was doing. ‘Wreck of the Hesperus’ conveys what George thought of his career at the timeīy the time George made Cloud Nine, he’d come to terms with many things, including being a Beatle and his career. It’s just all in their concept of what it was. “They want you to come out there with flames coming out of your fingers, singing all these things that don’t really exist. He tried to be “an ordinary person and play a few tunes but they won’t let you do that,” George said. “The pressure, you know, of the people expecting you to do something,” he said. When fans, the press, or record companies demanded things of him, he pulled away. George added to Entertainment Tonight that it became more about whether he wanted to live up to anyone’s expectations. It’s all just been haphazard.”ĭuring an interview with Rockline’s Bob Coburn (per George Harrison on George Harrison), George said he didn’t take care of his career. “There’s a lot of people out there who really plan what they’re doing,” he said. In 1992, George told Timothy White (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters) that he didn’t have a career. So, George essentially did what he wanted, when he wanted. George just wanted to be left alone to make the music he wanted. The record companies started demanding certain music. ![]() ![]() Toward the late 1970s, though, things got complicated. ![]() However, when that triple album did well, George continued to make music and release it. He only released All Things Must Pass as a reaction to leaving the group. After The Beatles split, he never pursued a solo career. It’s complicated to say that George had a career because he didn’t exactly. George Harrison | Dave Hogan/Getty Images George Harrison had a complicated career Even though George spent years claiming he didn’t have a career, “Wreck of the Hesperus” talks about how he felt about working in the music industry. A track on 1987’s Cloud Nine perfectly describes how George Harrison felt in his career at the time.
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