{"id":5567,"date":"2015-10-16T08:51:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T12:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2024-09-06T19:02:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T23:02:07","slug":"friday-vid-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2015\/10\/16\/friday-vid-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"George Harrison - What is Life\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mPsXHrwcU-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Is Life\u201d &#8211; George Harrison<\/p>\n<p>When I opened Apple Music today to scan the new releases, I noticed that George Harrison\u2019s music is now available to stream. Which is weird because within just the last week or so I heard one of his songs on SiriusXM and wondered if his solo work had ever been cleared for streaming. As I recalled, only a song or two that appeared on soundtracks or compilations had been available in the past. Good timing!<\/p>\n<p>So, while I have the new Beach House, Deerhunter, and Neon Indian albums queued up to listen to later, I\u2019ve been enjoying some of George\u2019s songs so far this morning.<\/p>\n<p>If you asked a random sampling of people what the best song by an ex-Beatle was, I bet you\u2019d get a list, in some order, that included \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8\">Imagine<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nR46gQLyxuE\">Live And Let Die<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U\">Maybe I\u2019m Amazed<\/a>,\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0kNGnIKUdMI\">My Sweet Lord<\/a>.\u201d Although, let\u2019s be honest, a lot of folks would forget the George track and throw in something like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KBX2dySWGew\">Band On The Run<\/a>\u201d or \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WyEn9LIR9cI\">Woman<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d argue this is the best-ever post-Beatles song by one of the Fab Four. The guitar riff that defined \u201cHarrison-esque\u201d that is still mimicked today. The incredible Phil Spector, Wall of Sound production. That little blast of south-of-the-border horns. And a perfect chorus that has been sung along to on car rides for over 40 years now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat Is Life\u201d &#8211; George Harrison When I opened Apple Music today to scan the new releases, I noticed that George Harrison\u2019s music is now available to stream. Which is weird because within just the last week or so I heard one of his songs on SiriusXM and wondered if his solo work had ever been cleared for streaming. As I recalled, only a song or two that appeared on soundtracks or compilations had been available in the past. Good timing! So, while I have the new Beach House, Deerhunter, and Neon Indian albums queued up to listen to later, I\u2019ve been enjoying some of George\u2019s songs so far this morning. If you asked a random sampling of people what the best song by an ex-Beatle was, I bet you\u2019d get a list, in some order, that included \u201cImagine,\u201d \u201cLive And Let Die,\u201d \u201cMaybe I\u2019m Amazed,\u201d and \u201cMy Sweet Lord.\u201d Although, let\u2019s be honest, a lot of folks would forget the George track and throw in something like \u201cBand On The Run\u201d or \u201cWoman.\u201d I\u2019d argue this is the best-ever post-Beatles song by one of the Fab Four. The guitar riff that defined \u201cHarrison-esque\u201d that is still mimicked today. The incredible Phil Spector, Wall of Sound production. That little blast of south-of-the-border horns. And a perfect chorus that has been sung along to on car rides for over 40 years now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13931,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions\/13931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}