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Purchased ‘Brainwashed’ by George Harrison

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I bought the last CD by George Harrison titled ‘Brainwashed’. Various reviews I’ve read commented on how it was a very sad CD, while other reviews suggest that this sadness might be our projections onto the music (given that George passed away). I’m not sure which is true. To me it was a very mellow, perhaps melancholy folk rock. It was very pleasant to listen to, funny at times, but you could also find yourself falling into sadness. Again, given that George has passed away, and since Jaya Radhe just passed on, you can listen to the music, and it makes you think about life. That’s right – the lyrics actually have a deeper meaning. Most of the songs (though not all) are about philosophy. The title of the CD is Brainwashed, and features some crash test dummies holding up a television. The titles of the songs are:

 

Any Road

P.2. Vatican Blues

Pisces Fish

Looking For My Life

Rising Sun

Marwa Blues

Stuck Inside A Cloud

(can only) run so far

Never Get Over You

Devil + The Deep Blue Sea

Rocking Chair in Hawaii

Brainwashed

 

My favorite thus far is ‘Stuck Inside A Cloud’. It’s a simple song, with a nice though melancholy melody. Lyrics follow:

 

Stuck Inside A Cloud

 

Never slept so little

Never smoked so much

Lost my concentration I could

Even lose my touch

Talking to myself

Crying out loud

Only I can hear me

I’m stuck inside a cloud

 

I made some exhibition

I lost my will to eat

The only thing that matters to me is to

Touch your lotus feet

Talking to myself

Crying out loud

Only I can hear me

I’m stuck inside a cloud

Talking to myself

Crying out loud

Only I can hear me

And I’m stuck inside a cloud

 

Talking to myself

Crying out loud

Only I can hear me

I’m stuck inside a cloud

 

Never been so crazy

But I’ve never felt so sure

I wish I had the answer to give

Don’t even have the cure

 

Just talking to myself crying as we part

Knowing as you leave me

I also lose my heart

Talking to myself crying as we part

Knowing as you leave me

I also lose my heart

 

Perhaps I’ll type up all the lyrics for you guys to read. Here is another good one:

 

Looking For My Life

 

Oh Lord, won’t you listen in to me now

Oh Love, I got to get me back

To you somehow

I never knew that life was loaded

I’d only hung around birds and bees

I never knew that things exploded

I only found it out when I was down

Upon my knees

Looking for my life, looking for my life

 

Oh boy, you’ve no idea what

I’ve been through

Oh Lord, I feel so stuck that I can’t get to you

Had no idea that I was heading

Toward a state of emergency

I had no fear where I was treading

I only found it out when I was down

Upon my knees

Looking for my life

 

Caught up on me with intensity

Had no idea where I was heading

I only found it out when I was down

Upon my knees

Looking for my life, looking for my life

 

Oh boys you’ve no idea what I’ve

Been through

Oh Lord, I got to get back somehow to you

 

I never knew that life was loaded

I only hung around birds and bees

I never knew that things exploded

I only found it out when I was down

Upon my knees

Looking for my life

 

I never got any GCE’s

I never knew that things exploded

I only found it out when I was down

Upon my knees

Looking for my life, looking for my life

Looking for my life

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Any Road

 

Oh I’ve been traveling on a boat and a plane

In a car on a bike with a bus and a train

Traveling there traveling here

Everywhere in every gear

 

But oh Lord we pay the price with a

Spin of a wheel – with a roll of a dice

Ah yeah you pay your fare

And if you don’t know where you’re going

Any road will take you there

 

And I’ve been traveling through the dirt

And the grime

From the past to the future through the

Space and the time

Traveling deep beneath the waves – in

Watery grottoes and mountainous caves

 

But oh Lord we’ve got to fight

With the thoughts in the head with the dark

And the light

No use to stop and stare

And if you don’t know where you’re going

Any road will take you there

 

You may not know where you came from

May not know who you are

May not have even wondered how

You got this far

 

I’ve been traveling on a wing and a prayer

By the skin of my teeth by the breadth of a hair

Traveling where the four winds blow

With the sun on my face – in the ice

And the snow

 

But oooeee it’s a game

Sometimes you’re cool, sometimes

You’re lame

Ah yeah it’s somewhere

And if you don’t know where you’re going

Any road will take you there

 

But oh Lord we pay the price

With the spin of the wheel with the roll of

The dice

Ah yeah, you pay your fare

And if you don’t know where you’re going

Any road will take you there

 

I keep traveling around the bend

There was no beginning, there is no end

It wasn’t born and never dies

There are no edges, there is no sides

Oh yeah, you just don’t win

It’s so far out – the way out is in

Bow to God and call him Sir

But if you don’t know where you’re going

Any road will take you there

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P.2. Vatican Blues

 

Gazed at the ceiling from below

A splendid Michelangelo

Filled my heart with delight

Last Saturday night

 

Arrived believing from home

Climbed every step inside St. Peter’s Dome

Claustrophobic and ex-Catholic

Last Saturday night

 

Now how come nobody really noticed

Puff of white smoke knocked me out

The truth is hiding, lurking, banking

Things they do at night

 

It’s quite suspicious to say the least

Even mentioned it to my local priest

One Our Father, three Hail Marys

Each Saturday night

 

I wish somebody would tell me

That it’s only a show

I’ll confess, own up, let’s face it

In my concrete tuxedo

 

Its quite suspicious to say the least

While mentioning it to my local priest

One Our Father, three Hail Marys

Each Saturday night

 

One Our Father, three Hail Marys

Each Saturday night

One Our Father, three Hail Marys

Each Saturday night

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I am crying along with George right now as I am listening to 'Stuck Within a Cloud' as he sings of the lonelines of this material world and longing for Krishna's lotus feet.

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Does anyone know what the GCE's are that George refers to in the song, 'Looking for my Life'?

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