Еще одна потерянная песня The Beatles - Silence (Is Its Own Reply)

A FORGOTTEN Beatles song begun by George Harrison has finally been completed - 40 years on.
Harrison, who died in 2001, scribbled the first ten lines of a number called Silence (Is Its Own Reply) on a piece of scrap paper in the 1960s.

It was discarded on the floor of the Abbey Road studios before being given to author Hunter Davies for a 1968 official biography of the band.

On the back of the paper were instructions on how to reach Beatles manager Brian Epstein's country house in Sussex.

The lyrics remained ignored until BBC Radio Merseyside host Spencer Leigh asked contemporary songwriter Dean Johnson to finish them.

They were at first thought to have been about love but are now believed to relate to Harrison's uneasy relationship with John Lennon.

The lyrics say in part: "I'm happy to say it's only a dream, When I come across people like you, It's only a dream and you make it obscene."

Dean, from Oxton, Wirral, said: "The words were brutally honest and George was obviously writing from the heart.

"I tried my best to get into the mind of someone in his position."


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2710902/Beatles-lost-song-finished...

2Corvin:

>before being given to author Hunter Davies for
>a 1968

Раньше была информация, что Дэвис нашел черновик стихотворения во время записи Сержанта.
Потом передал в музей. Теперь решили положить текст на музыку и почему-то назвали "Потерянной песней". Скорее недописанная песня.

Вот такой черновик:

I'm happy to say that it's only a dream
when I come across people like you,
it's only a dream and you make it obscene
with the things that you think and you do.
You're so unaware of the pain that I bear
and jealous for what you can't do.
There's times when I feel that you haven't a hope
but I also know that isn't true.

Mystery Beatles lyric at the British Library

A previously unseen George Harrison lyric, found by author and collector Hunter Davies, goes on display at the British Library today (8 May). Written in early 1967 when George was aged 23 or 24, the untitled song was penned at a time when The Beatles had stopped touring to spend more time in the studio to work on what would arguably become their most famous record, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles are still one of the world's greatest bands, almost 40 years after their split.

Hunter Davies found the lyric during his research for a new edition of The Beatles official biography, which has just been re-released more than 40 years after its original publication. In its introduction, Hunter recalls how he collected Beatles lyrics discarded as scrap paper from the floor of Abbey Road studio and kept them as souvenirs. It's almost certain that they would have been thrown out by the cleaners if he hadn't picked them up.

Written in George's handwriting, which all true Beatles fans will recognize, it's not a song that he ever recorded, or perhaps even put music to, as far as we can tell. The girl George was dreaming about remains a mystery, although it could have been his then-wife Pattie Boyd. The lyric is eight lines long and reads a bit like teenage angst:

I'm happy to say that it's only a dream
when I come across people like you,
it's only a dream and you make it obscene
with the things that you think and you do.
You're so unaware of the pain that I bear
and jealous for what you can't do.
There's times when I feel that you haven't a hope
but I also know that isn't true.

On the reverse side of George's lyric are instructions on how to reach The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein's country house in Sussex, written in Brian's hand. This means that George must have written the lyric before August 1967 when Brian was found dead at his London home, following an accidental sleeping pill overdose. Significantly, John Lennon would later claim that this signalled the beginning of the end for the Beatles.

Hunter Davies, The Beatles official biographer, said:
"I can't believe I'd kept George's lyric all these years but had forgotten about it until now! Although George is no longer around to tell us what the inspiration was for the song, I'm glad the lyric will be on display at the British Library for generations of Beatles fans to enjoy.

Jamie Andrews, Head of Modern Literary Manuscripts at the British Library, said:
"George's words are all that is left of the song - we can only guess what it would have sounded like so it is an invaluable and hugely interesting piece of Beatles memorabilia. The nation loves The Beatles, so it's great to see George's lyric reunited with those of his band mates in the British Library, next to John Lennon's 'Help' and Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday.'"

Although Beatles compositions were credited to Lennon/McCartney, in reality, most of the songs were ninety percent Lennon, or ninety percent McCartney, rather than being simple fifty/fifty splits. The handwriting of each lyric on display at the British Library illustrates this, for example, "Help" is one of Lennon's so it's in his handwriting. "Yesterday" and "Michelle" are by McCartney, so it's in his handwriting. This makes George's lyric ll the more rare.

Most of the British Library's Beatles collection is on loan by the kind permission of Hunter Davies, who plans to donate it to the Library after his death. The collection features a wide range of memorabilia that ranges from a fan club membership card to the lyrics of "A Hard Day's Night," written by John Lennon on the back of a birthday card to his son Julian.

Also on display are concert tickets, a printed Christmas fanzine letter, a 45rpm single for "A Hard Day's Night," an untitled verse written by John Lennon, the first issue of the Beatles magazine and an early photo of the band.

George's lyric which has never been seen before, joins other Treasures of the British Library - such as Magna Carta and Shakespeare's First Folio - in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery, which is free and open to the public.

Beatles song completed after 40 years
A forgotten and half-finished Beatles song, written by George Harrison, has finally been completed - 40 years on.

Harrison gave the original 10 lines of the track - called Silence (Is It's Own Reply) - to biographer Hunter Davies for inclusion in his band biography, first published in the late 1960s.

They had been discarded as scrap paper on the floor of the legendary Abbey Road studio until being found by cleaners.

The lyrics remained ignored until BBC Radio Merseyside presenter Spencer Leigh approached contemporary songwriter Dean Johnson about turning them into a finished song.

Dean, from Oxton, Wirral, said: "The words were both brutally honest and compassionate and Harrison was obviously writing from the heart.

"I just tried by my best ability to get into the mind of someone in George's position and I am so pleased that most people who have heard it, think I achieved a credible continuity with the original lyrics."

The song's lyrics were first thought to about unrequited love but are now believed to allude to Harrison's uneasy relationship with John Lennon.

Harrison wrote: "I'm happy to say that it's only a dream/When I come across people like you/It's only a dream and you make it obscene/With the things that you think and you do/You're so unaware of the pain that I bear/And jealous for what you can't do."

On the reverse side of the lyrics are instructions on how to reach Beatles manager Brian Epstein's country house in Sussex, written in Epstein's hand.

The are now on display in the British Library's Beatles collection, along with more material loaned by Hunter who plans to donate everything to the library after his death.

The lost lyrics are in the latest edition of Hunter's Beatles biography, republished later this month.

The completed song lyrics:

Silence (Is It's Own Reply)

I'm happy to say that it's only a dream
When I come across people like you,
It's only a dream and you make it obscene
With the things that you think and you do.
You're so unaware of the pain that I bear
And jealous for what you can't do.
There's times when I feel that you haven't a hope
But I also know that isn't true.
Every time I ask you why
Silence is its own reply
It's so hard to prove what I can do
Compared to someone like you
You make it look easy but you still tease me
When you have got nothing better to do
When the tears are falling and its dawning
The truth will ring out so clear
That no-one's above you and nobody can love you
Until all that pain disappears
Every time I ask you why
Silence is its own reply
By the time we have talked it over
It's time to say goodbye

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6491700/Beatles-song-completed-aft...

..интересно!

это ОНИ там ДВОЕ Сверху постарались:)))

МММ...звучит неплохо,но сложно решить,как относиться к подобным допискам. Одно дело,когда дописывают битлы,а другое дело,когда другие...но вещичка неплохая весьма)

А мелодия, выходит, полностью сочинена Джонсоном? Тогда какая же эта джорджева песня? Это песня Джонсона, для текста которой он использовал 10 чужих строчек, и все.

А теперь, дамы и господа, прошу вас пройти в зал редких книг. Перед вами "Авторизованная биография Битлз" Хантера Дэвиса. Издание 2000-го года, издательство "Попурри", Минск. Чтобы сфотографировать наипримечательнейшую страницу для вас, попросил двухлетнего сыночка подержать книжку.

Давайте, друзья, пороемся еще в каких-нибудь книжках, чтобы откопать "доселе неизвестные" факты из истории любимой группы. Особенно преуспели в этом (по)читатели Альберта Голдмана. То как сенсацию преподадут факт, что Йоко вышла замуж в Будапеште в 1981 году, то что Джон был причастен (сам себя в этом обвинял) в гибели Ст.Сатклиффа.

P.S. Вспомните, как заканчивается книга "Антология Битлз" - By hook or by crook I'll be last in this book. Эту "незавершенную песню" Джона Леннона тоже можно дописать!

Что вообще за выражение "За Джорджем Харрисоном дописали песню"?!!! Звучит наподобие того - "За Джорджем Харрисоном прибрали там что-то"((((( Господа "Новостеписатели", выражайтесь осмысленнее! Хотя бы так: "Дописали песню Харрисона"! Уважайте Джорджа!

2Babchak:

>Что вообще за выражение "За Джорджем Харрисоном
>дописали песню"?!!! Звучит наподобие того - "За
>Джорджем Харрисоном прибрали там что-то"(((((
>Господа "Новостеписатели", выражайтесь осмысленнее!
>Хотя бы так: "Дописали песню Харрисона"! Уважайте
>Джорджа!

Подправил название новости:
https://www.beatles.ru/news/news.asp?news_id=5535

Уважаемый Corvin, вы уж не серчайте на меня за критику, которая, возможно, здесь и не к месту:-) Теперь звучит лучше. На мой взгляд, наиболее объективное название: «Дин Джонсон дописал песню Джорджа Харрисона» или что-то в этом духе.

Кстати, полностью согласен с Iandri, скорее это песня Джонсона, а не Харрисона. Вот если бы Пол и Ринго над этим текстом поработали… Набрали бы подобных «зарисовок» Джорджа и Джона, да и сварганили новый альбом The Beatles… Может напишем им письмо с предложением?!?

2Babchak:

>Вот если бы Пол и Ринго над этим текстом поработали…
>Набрали бы подобных «зарисовок» Джорджа и Джона,
>да и сварганили новый альбом The Beatles… Может
>напишем им письмо с предложением?!?

Они уже 15 лет Now And Then "сварганить" не могут. Какие там ещё "зарисовки".. The rest is silence, как говорится.

А вот этот Джонсон нормально 'Silence' досочинил.

Unfinished George Harrison words turned into new song soon to be released on CD
http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2010m1d8-Liverpool-singer-turns-unfini...