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George Harrison<\/a> was always a prolific songwriter. <\/p>\n He could use rhythm and melody to tap into different areas of human emotion and present them in a sweet-sounding and beautiful way. He was quite often overlooked during his time in The Beatles, though, as his style usually didn\u2019t suit the Paul McCartney and John Lennon brand that the band prided itself on.\u00a0<\/p>\n Even so, Harrison\u2019s development as a songwriter was impossible to ignore. As the 1960s progressed, he became increasingly confident in his own voice, producing compositions that stood comfortably alongside the work of his more celebrated bandmates.<\/p>\n There were many things that contributed to The Beatles\u2019 eventual breakup; however, one of the biggest and overriding problems that the band had was creative differences<\/a>. Harrison\u2019s music never fit The Beatles\u2019 brand, but in the later years of the band, the definition of that brand became less and less clear as Lennon and McCartney had very different ideas of what made a good song. <\/p>\n As the band found itself in creative limbo, much of Harrison\u2019s music was rejected, making it increasingly difficult to see what the band wanted to make. This meant that Harrison was putting less effort into his work, which led to some of his most lacklustre tracks. <\/p>\n Consider \u2018Only a Northern Song\u2019, for instance, which was initially Harrison\u2019s contribution towards\u00a0Sgt Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band. <\/p>\n He wanted to write a song that would make it onto the album but found writing for the band challenging during that period. As a result, the song he made was pretty poor, and even he wasn\u2019t a big fan of it by the end of the recording process. Beatles producer George Martin <\/a>said, \u201cI\u2019m disappointed that George didn\u2019t bring something better,\u201d when discussing the song, which was eventually shelved until\u00a0Yellow Submarine.<\/p>\n It\u2019s safe to say that Harrison didn\u2019t enter his artistic creative peak until he began his solo career. When he started writing songs just for himself, he no longer had the issue that all of his songs were supposed to fit a certain mould, and as such, he was allowed to unleash all of his creative potential, which we hear on beautiful albums such as\u00a0All Things Must Pass.<\/p>\n Freed from the need to compete for album space, Harrison embraced a broader range of themes and musical styles. His work became more personal, spiritual and reflective, helping to define his identity as a solo artist.<\/p>\n The freedom that Harrison felt is reflected in the fact that rather than writing songs for the sake of writing them as he did with \u2018Only a Northern Song\u2019, he was instead putting together loved hits within a matter of minutes. His song \u2018Ding Dong, Ding Dong\u2019 is the best example of this, as the classic track only took Harrison three minutes to put together after he passed a decoration that contained the words. <\/p>\n \u201c\u2019Ding Dong, Ding Dong\u2019 was the quickest one I ever wrote. It took me three minutes, except it took me four years of looking at the thing, which was written on the wall at my home,\u201d he said, \u201c\u2019Ring out the old, ring in the new, ring out the false, ring in the truth\u2019, before I realised it was a hit song. It makes me laugh because it\u2019s so simple. That song evaded me for four years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n That simplicity became one of Harrison\u2019s greatest strengths as a songwriter. Rather than overcomplicating ideas, he often found ways to communicate profound feelings through straightforward melodies and lyrics that listeners could immediately connect with.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"George](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-Musician-1967-The-Beatles-Far-Out-Magazine1-1024x768.jpg\")
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