“There may have been a moment oops”

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John Lennon was like a big brother to George Harrison. One of George’s close friends, Tom Petty, told Rolling Stone that George really looked up to John. “He probably wanted John’s acceptance instead,” Petty said.

However, George’s relationship with John was just as complicated as his relationship with Paul McCartney. When the Beatles broke up, George didn’t care what anyone else thought of his music, let alone John. Although, deep down, George was probably saddened to learn that John wasn’t really enjoying his solo debut.

George Harrison and John Lennon | Stephen Shakeshaft/Mirrorpix via Getty ImagesJohn Lennon said George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ was ‘good’

The Beatles were very critical of their work as a group. However, they became even more critical of each other’s work after their separation. There was tension between them and financial problems persisted. So John’s harsh feelings about George’s solo debut, All Things Must Pass, might have been a byproduct of the animosity between the band members at the time.

During an interview with Rolling Stone in 1970, John said the album was “very good”. He added: “I don’t know… I think it’s all good, you know. Personally, at home, I wouldn’t play that kind of music, I don’t want to hurt George’s feelings, I don’t know what to say. I think it’s better than Paul’s.

At least John thought All Things Must Pass was pretty good. As for Paul’s record, not so much. “I thought Paul sucked,” John said. “I think he will make a better one, when he is scared. But I thought the first one was just a bunch of… Do you remember what I told you when it came out? ‘Light and easy’, you know that crack.

“But then I listen to the radio and I hear the George stuff coming on, well that’s damn good. My personal tastes are very weird, you know.

Still, calling All Things Must Pass “okay” is also odd, especially since the album featured an ex-Beatle’s first No. 1 single (“My Sweet Lord”). John didn’t get a No. 1 hit until 1974, with Elton John’s “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night.”

By 1973, the triple album had also sold more copies than John’s Imagine. Many also consider it the most successful album but an ex-Beatle. Not bad, considering George only recorded it as a reaction to his leaving the Beatles.

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George’s son thinks John’s comments were fake

During an interview with Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music Hits (per NME), George’s son Dhani spoke about John’s criticism of All Things Must Pass.

Wilkinson pointed to a later interview with Bobby Whitlock, who said, “I remember Lennon coming into the studio during the recording sessions quite friendly and playing it, and he was visibly blown away.”

To that, Dhani replied, “Yeah, I mean, how could you not be, especially for the Beatles, I think, to be like… There was maybe a moment of oops. Like, ‘Oops. Shit. Maybe that song was good.

As Dhani said, there’s no way John could have thought All Things Must Pass was just “good”.

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Dhani thinks all the Beatles were proud of each other

While Dhani doesn’t think John was overly critical of his father’s work, he doesn’t think the Beatles were jealous of each other either.

“But I think they were all very happy for each other,” he said. “How could you not be happy if you had a bandmate who left your band and then came over to do this? How could you not be happy for them?

“I never really talked to Paul or Ringo about ‘It’s gotta pass’. It’s one of those things that remains a mystery to everyone,” Dhani continued.

Honestly, though, who doesn’t appreciate the triple album? All Things Must Pass went gold in three weeks and six times platinum. Dhani said her father had the whole album mapped out before he even set foot in a recording studio.

George knew he was making a great album. Maybe he had already done it in a previous life.

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