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Paul McCartney and George Harrison<\/a> first met when they were still young, attending the same school. A few years later they were introduced to John Lennon, forming the core of The Beatles, which was completed in 1962 when Ringo Starr replaced drummer Pete Best. Although they became the most influential and successful band of all time, McCartney and Lennon dominated most of the songwriting, leaving limited space for George to show how talented he was in that area.<\/p>\n It was only after the band came to an end that Harrison released his most successful solo records, showing the world that he could have written many more remarkable songs for The Beatles<\/a>. Over the years, Paul McCartney has spoken about his late friend and shared his opinion on Harrison\u2019s solo career.<\/p>\n What is Paul McCartney\u2019s opinion on George Harrison\u2019s solo career<\/p>\n Paul McCartney likes George Harrison\u2019s solo career and two songs he has praised over the years are \u201cI Got My Mind Set On You\u201d and \u201cMarwa Blues\u201d. The first one was mentioned in an interview around the time the track was released. When the interviewer read out the current Top 10 songs and mentioned George\u2019s track, Paul said: \u201cVery good\u201d. He was then asked which artist on that list he considered the most talented. \u201cOut of them? I wouldn\u2019t dare to say, but I think George Harrison\u2019s got to be in with a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a good hit parade, seems like good music you\u2019ve got there, similar to England at the moment. Yeah, (what George is doing) is good. I like it. He\u2019s a friend of mine. He\u2019s very good for a young chap, he\u2019s younger than me. So this makes him infinitely young, baby, just starting in the business. He\u2019s a year younger than me. It\u2019s a big difference,\u2019 McCartney joked in an interview with Countdown<\/a> in 1987 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage).<\/p>\n Paul McCartney said Harrison\u2019s \u201cMarwa Blues\u201d was one of his favorite songs of all time<\/p>\n Although the song is actually a cover of a 1962 track written by Rudy Clark and recorded by James Ray and the Hutch Davie Orchestra, George\u2019s version became a worldwide hit. It was part of his 1987 album \u201cCloud Nine\u201d and peaked at number one on the charts in several countries.<\/p>\n As for the instrumental track \u201cMarwa Blues\u201d, which was released on George\u2019s posthumous album \u201cBrainwashed\u201d (2002), Paul included it on his list of favorite songs of all time. In 2004, Uncut magazine released a compilation album titled \u201cPaul McCartney\u2019s Glastonbury Groove\u201d with one of its issues, featuring tracks selected by Paul himself. George\u2019s song was chosen alongside tracks by Brian Wilson, Colin Hay, Donovan, Frank Sinatra and more. Interestingly, the compilation did not feature any songs from John Lennon\u2019s or Ringo Starr\u2019s solo careers. George passed away in 2001 at the age of 57 and \u201cBrainwashed\u201d was\u00a0finished by his son\u00a0Dhani Harrison<\/a>\u00a0and ELO\u2019s\u00a0Jeff Lynne<\/a>.<\/p>\n Paul McCartney and Lennon felt George was beginning to peak as a songwriter by the end of The Beatles<\/p>\n George Harrison said on several occasions during his solo years that he resented Paul and John for not giving him and Ringo much space to present their songs. According to him, they first had to work through dozens of Lennon\u2013McCartney compositions before they could focus on what he and Ringo had brought to the main songwriting duo.<\/p>\n But in McCartney\u2019s view, as he said in the documentary \u201cGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World<\/a>\u201d (2011), he thought his bandmate was not that interested in writing in their first years. He also said that he and Lennon<\/a> later realized that Harrison was beginning to peak as a songwriter. \u201cWe didn\u2019t underestimate\u00a0George, we knew that he was peaking, as we got to those (later) records. He (was) not really interested (in writing) in the beginning (of the band), I don\u2019t think.\u201d<\/p>\n George Harrison continued:<\/p>\n \u201cBecause John and I done so much of the writing you could just leave it to us. I think he realized there was something in this, artistically and financially, it was a good thing to get into. So by that time we realized that he was really coming up with the goods,\u201d Paul McCartney said\u00a0 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage).<\/p>\n However, in George\u2019s view, it was not a lack of interest, but rather a lack of space and attention to work on his ideas. \u201cWell, now we don\u2019t have any problems whatsoever as far as being people is concerned, and it\u2019s quite nice to see him. But I don\u2019t know about being in a band with him (Paul), how that would work out. It\u2019s like, we all have our own tunes to do. And my problem was that it would always be very difficult to get in on the act. Because Paul was very pushy in that respect.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen he succumbed to playing on one of your tunes, he\u2019d always do good. But you\u2019d have to do fifty-nine of Paul\u2019s songs before he\u2019d even listen to one of yours. So, in that respect, it would be very difficult to ever play with him. But, you know, we\u2019re cool as far as being pals goes,\u201d George Harrison told Rolling Stone<\/a> magazine in 1979.<\/p>\n Paul and George didn\u2019t write together as solo artists<\/p>\n Although Paul recorded backing vocals for George\u2019s 1981 song \u201cAll Those Years Ago\u201d, they never wrote something together in their solo years. Back in the 1980s, when asked<\/a> about a statement by Paul saying that he would like to reunite with George and write together, Harrison did not react well, remarking that after 30 years Paul had finally decided he wanted to write something with him.<\/p>\n