Album:
Be Here Now is on Living in the Material World which entered the Australian albums chart* on 30 July 1973 and peaked at #2.
Songwriter:
George Harrison
Producer:
George Harrison
Record label of Australian release:
Apple
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
2024 mix
This official video was produced in collaboration with the Ram Dass foundation – Love Serve Remember Foundation (LSRF) – featuring official illustrations from the Ram Dass book Be Here Now.
From Living in the Material World, 1973
Wikipedia:
Be Here Now features a sparse musical arrangement and recalls George Harrison’s work with the Beatles during 1966–1968, through its Indian-inspired mood and use of sitar drone. Part of Harrison’s inspiration for the song was the popular 1971 book Be Here Now by spiritual teacher Ram Dass – specifically, a story discussing the author’s change in identity from a Western academic to following a guru in the Hindu faith. Some Harrison biographers interpret Be Here Now as a comment from him on the public’s nostalgia for the past following the Beatles’ break-up.
Harrison wrote the song in Los Angeles in 1971, while working on the soundtrack to the Ravi Shankar documentary Raga, and shortly before organising the Concert for Bangladesh.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Here_Now_(George_Harrison_song)
Personnel:
George Harrison – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, sitar, backing vocals
Nicky Hopkins – piano
Gary Wright – organ
Klaus Voormann – standup bass
Jim Keltner – drums
The 2024 mix:
In honour of its 50th Anniversary, George Harrison’s Living in the Material World album was completely re-mixed from the original tapes for a suite of 50th anniversary releases. Overseen by Dhani and Olivia Harrison, the album was remixed by triple GRAMMY® Award winner Paul Hicks.
Lyrics:
Remember, now, be here now
As it’s not like it was before
The past, was, be here now
As it’s not what it was before – it was
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