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This week, the world gently weeps not for the Beatles but for its quietest member. Harrison leaves behind a number of accomplishments which will be remembered. As part of the Beatles, Harrison left his indelible mark on their canon and on rock and roll—his love for “hillbilly” music which manifested itself in earlier songs like “All My Loving” and “Can’t Buy Me Love;” “Something,” his most well-known composition; and the introduction...
...Still, Harrison is best remembered for what he wasn’t. Eric Asimov of the New York Times writes...
...George Harrison...was not so much the quiet Beatle as the modest Beatle. Where John wanted to be bigger than Elvis, and Paul could scream like Little Richard, Mr. Harrison gravitated toward Carl Perkins, the 50’s rocker whose skills as a songwriter and guitarist were undermined by a distinct lack of charisma...
...best described as not possessing the attributes of those around him? We are not lamenting the loss of the Beatles; Lennon’s death 21 years ago eliminated the possiblity of a formal reunification, yet their music and influence endures. What the world has lost with Harrison is a relic of innocence...
Harrison’s true conviction that the world could become a better place is hard to find among the members of our generation. John and Yoko refused to get out of bed in the name of world peace; Harrison was a man of action, organizing the first celebrity benefit concert to alleviate famine in Bangladesh in 1971. His deep conviction in the power of inner peace and spirituality is a remnant of a time when people believed that it was possible to change the world by loving thy neighbor. In losing Harrison, we lose a part of our parents...