Question

[barkinmad]

Does anyone know of any really good biographies of George Harrison? I know some must exist, and I could search for them myself, but I'd feel a lot more comfortable with a solid recommendation.


...He might be surpassing Paul. MAYBE. I just identify with him a lot, I think.

Comments

[heterobot21.livejournal.com]

I don't know of any (which I should since he's my FAVORITE), but I never miss a chance to say I loved him and I love his music. and his son is like, a CLONE of him. :)

[heterobot21.livejournal.com]

shit. by the way, this is uglyduckling_me. I'm logged into a sock account right now. lol

[barkinmad.livejournal.com]

LOL I was confused for a second. Also, YES DHANI OMG ♥

[uglyduckling-me.livejournal.com]

lol my bad :P

Dhani is just so cute and he's talented too, omg. and I know I have pics of him and some chick on my computer somewhere and they look straight out of the 60's/70's. ugh so awesome

[barkinmad.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I remember that photo shoot! I actually showed it to a friend of mine and I loved seeing her reaction. It was fantastic!

[jimmiefearsylar.livejournal.com]

First off, George > Paul. Mainly because George > All Other Beatles. Always.

Secondly, I clicked on this thinking it was a post in beatlepics, and then was like, 'Wait.... bean's in here too?" Confusion!. Amyway, I have never read a George-only biography (though, not for lack of trying), but if I had to pick one, I'd probably go with I Me Mine, mainly because it was written by the man himself. My library used to have it, but before I could check it out, it disappeared. Written in 1980, it's 400 pages, including a lot of pictures and copies of his handwritten lyrics (with notes!). Every few months I make note to find it somewhere, then I forget. There are a few others though, written by other folks, and therefore, not as interesting. The ones our library has are Behind Sad Eyes Dark Horse and Harrison. The only one I have read is the last one.. it's a collection of his coverage in Rolling Stone. It was pretty good, but I still need to find that other one.

[barkinmad.livejournal.com]

I know about I Me Mine (I mean I forgot, but it was there subconsciously) and I like autobiographies and all, but I tried reading Dylan's and you can imagine how that turned out. I will try it though, and maybe look at Behind Sad Eyes Dark Horse? Because the Rolling Stone description doesn't seem broad enough.

[jimmiefearsylar.livejournal.com]

The Rolling Stone thing was not too bad. It was like they took all of the times he was in the magazine and put them in a coffee table book. So, if I remember correctly, it was a bunch of rare interviews (from from 1968 to 1987, so mainly post-Beatle) and pictures and stuff (like essays by all of these famous people. Dylan, Yoko.. you know.) It must have been written post-death, because Olivia wrote the forward. It was a quick read... and way lighter than The Beatles, that thing was murder on my bag-carrying shoulder.

A Dylan autobiography? I have a hard enough time dealing with his music, so I can only imagine what a book would be like. I did try to read Clapton's though. It was good, but I slacked off and had to return it before I finished.