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Apr 4, 2023 · “Love You To” was the first Beatles song by George Harrison that fully embraced the sitar and Indian culture. Harrison wrote the song while studying with Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar, and he...
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" Love You To " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. The song was written and sung by George Harrison and features Indian instrumentation such as sitar and tabla.
Mar 16, 2008 · ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’ was a landmark recording for The Beatles, being one of the first Western pop songs to feature the sitar, an Indian instrument. John Lennon had the idea for the song while on a skiing holiday with his wife Cynthia, in St Moritz in the Swiss Alps.
The only song on the album that approaches the ideology and rhetoric of the hippie counterculture was George Harrison's sole contribution, the lush sitar-washed "Within You Without You", and it follows that Harrison was the only Beatle to have visited Haight-Ashbury at the peak of the scene.
Mar 16, 2008 · Following the sitar motif on ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’, ‘Love You To’ was The Beatles’ first full attempt at recording a piece of music in the classical Indian style.
Well, Tomorrow Never Knows technically doesn't have a sitar, it has a tamboura (basically, a sitar and a mandolin put together and also spelled tambura.) Though some sources say there is a sitar on the track and others say there isn't. The only Beatles songs I know feature sitar are: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Love You To
Aug 17, 2019 · On “Love You To,” the Beatles hit fans with a song that was completely in the Indian style. Again, George played sitar while other musicians played the tabla and tambura (in addition to...
