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Gus

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Dec 7, 2014, 4:08:06 AM12/7/14
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I don't understand the first few lines, to be honest. Maybe not supposed to?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3D68KWfZOo


Watch out now, take care
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips, beware of darkness

Watch out now, take care
Beware of the thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night

Beware of sadness
It can hit you, it can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what you are here for

Watch out now, take care
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly, beware of Maya

Watch out now, take care
Beware of greedy leaders
They take you where you should not go
While weeping Atlas cedars
They just want to grow, grow and grow
Beware of darkness
(Beware of darkness)

Read more: George Harrison - Beware Of Darkness Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Peter Duncanson [BrE]

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Dec 7, 2014, 9:02:21 AM12/7/14
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On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 01:08:04 -0800 (PST), Gus <gus.o...@gmail.com>
wrote:
This might help slightly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beware_of_Darkness_%28song%29#Lyrics_and_music

"Beware of Darkness" is a ballad containing dense imagery.[2] The
song marks a return to the spiritual concerns of Harrison's songs
with the Beatles such as "Within You Without You."[3][4] The lyrics
of "Beware of Darkness" reflect the philosophy of the Radha Krishna
Temple, with which Harrison was involved, in which spiritual
concerns must always override material things.[3] In the verses, the
listener is warned against various influences that may corrupt him
or her.[3] Among the potential corrupting influences are con men
("soft shoe shufflers"), politicians ("greedy leaders") and pop
idols of little substance ("falling swingers").

I don't know that sense of "swinger". Might it derive from "swing"
music?

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

Peter T. Daniels

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Dec 7, 2014, 9:34:20 AM12/7/14
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Not the conventional 'sexually promiscuous'?

Katy Jennison

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Dec 7, 2014, 9:58:11 AM12/7/14
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1971: more likely to be stars of swing music, when swinging = hip,
fashionable, as in "swinging sixties", swinging London", etc. Too early
for widespread use of swinger = sexually promiscuous, IMO.

--
Katy Jennison

Mike L

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Dec 7, 2014, 4:16:48 PM12/7/14
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Agreed.

Hello darkness, my old friend. And Atlas cedars weep not: the cedar
mnemonic dead easy: Atlas have ascending branches, Lebanon have level
branches, and Deodars descending. Neat, eh?

--
Mike.

Helen Lacedaemonian

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Dec 7, 2014, 7:45:40 PM12/7/14
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In these dark days, Atlas cedars too have learned to weep:

http://www.uaex.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/weeping_conifers_1-24-14.aspx

Best,
Helen

Gus

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Dec 7, 2014, 8:07:31 PM12/7/14
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He did screw Clapton's wife, but oddly they stayed friends. Eskimo buddies?

Jerry Friedman

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Dec 7, 2014, 8:40:39 PM12/7/14
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On 12/7/14 5:45 PM, Helen Lacedaemonian wrote:
> On Sunday, December 7, 2014 1:16:48 PM UTC-8, Mike L wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:58:08 +0000, Katy Jennison
>> <ka...@spamtrap.kjennison.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/12/2014 14:34, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:02:21 AM UTC-5, PeterWD wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 01:08:04 -0800 (PST), Gus <gus.o...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't understand the first few lines, to be honest. Maybe not supposed to?
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3D68KWfZOo
>>>>>>
...
It's probably all that weight of the world on their branches.

--
Jerry Friedman

Gus

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Dec 8, 2014, 9:41:20 AM12/8/14
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Anyone know who the other singer is? (Comes in around halfway)

Gus

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Dec 8, 2014, 9:43:27 AM12/8/14
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On Sunday, December 7, 2014 8:40:39 PM UTC-5, Jerry Friedman wrote:
Isn't that "Dear God"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmTqoLjlXo

Mike L

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Dec 8, 2014, 4:56:22 PM12/8/14
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I can't reproach them for it. But it was news to me: thank you. The
picture on that site shows a clever and attractive way of using the
deformity, but it can't last.

--
Mike.

Gus

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Dec 9, 2014, 11:31:43 AM12/9/14
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To: Jerry Friedman
On Sunday, December 7, 2014 8:40:39 PM UTC-5, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> On 12/7/14 5:45 PM, Helen Lacedaemonian wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 7, 2014 1:16:48 PM UTC-8, Mike L wrote:
> >> On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:58:08 +0000, Katy Jennison
> >> <ka...@spamtrap.kjennison.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 07/12/2014 14:34, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> >>>> On Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:02:21 AM UTC-5, PeterWD wrote:
> >>>>> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 01:08:04 -0800 (PST), Gus <gus.o...@gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't understand the first few lines, to be honest. Maybe not
supposed to?
> >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3D68KWfZOo
> >>>>>>
> ...
> It's probably all that weight of the world on their branches.
>
> --
> Jerry Friedman

Anyone know who the other singer is? (Comes in around halfway)

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Gus

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Dec 9, 2014, 11:31:44 AM12/9/14
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Isn't that "Dear God"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmTqoLjlXo

Mike L

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Dec 9, 2014, 11:38:44 AM12/9/14
to helenofs...@gmail.com
To: helenofs...@gmail.com
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 16:45:38 -0800 (PST), Helen Lacedaemonian
<helenofs...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, December 7, 2014 1:16:48 PM UTC-8, Mike L wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:58:08 +0000, Katy Jennison
>> <ka...@spamtrap.kjennison.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On 07/12/2014 14:34, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> >> On Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:02:21 AM UTC-5, PeterWD wrote:
>> >>> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 01:08:04 -0800 (PST), Gus <gus.o...@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I don't understand the first few lines, to be honest. Maybe not
supposed to?
>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3D68KWfZOo
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Watch out now, take care
>> >>>> Beware of falling swingers
>> >>>> Dropping all around you
>> >>>> The pain that often mingles
>> >>>> In your fingertips, beware of darkness
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Watch out now, take care
>> >>>> Beware of the thoughts that linger
>> >>>> Winding up inside your head
>> >>>> The hopelessness around you
>> >>>> In the dead of night
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Beware of sadness
>> >>>> It can hit you, it can hurt you
>> >>>> Make you sore and what is more
>> >>>> That is not what you are here for
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Watch out now, take care
>> >>>> Beware of soft shoe shufflers
>> >>>> Dancing down the sidewalks
>> >>>> As each unconscious sufferer
>> >>>> Wanders aimlessly, beware of Maya
>> >>>>
I can't reproach them for it. But it was news to me: thank you. The
picture on that site shows a clever and attractive way of using the
deformity, but it can't last.

--
Mike.

Horace LaBadie

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Dec 9, 2014, 2:13:05 PM12/9/14
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In article <m61pu1$8i3$1...@news.albasani.net>,
Katy Jennison <ka...@spamtrap.kjennison.com> wrote:

> > Not the conventional 'sexually promiscuous'?
> >
>
> 1971: more likely to be stars of swing music, when swinging = hip,
> fashionable, as in "swinging sixties", swinging London", etc. Too early
> for widespread use of swinger = sexually promiscuous, IMO.

Swing music was more or less defunct by 1950. The King of Swing was
Benny Goodman. The Dorseys and Glenn Miller were three other well-known
proponents.

As for the sexual meaning, there were The Swinger and Swingle
(portmanteau word for Singing Single) in the 1960s, both of which were
American men's magazines.

Ross

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Dec 9, 2014, 4:00:29 PM12/9/14
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Leon Russell.
Assuming you don't mean the wordless backup singer, who is probably Claudia Lennear.

outpati...@gmail.com

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Jul 15, 2019, 9:02:13 AM7/15/19
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Actually, she was GEORGE'S "Wife", you kinda blew THAT "One" OUT "Your @$$", I hope it didn't do TOO much "Damage" to the spinctor

don.pa...@gmail.com

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Jul 9, 2020, 3:08:54 PM7/9/20
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Falling Swingers refers to Lennon and McCartney. So is Wah Wah. George never received a fair shake from Lennon & McCartney for his song writing skills and the poor representation of his material on Beatles albums.

Dingbat

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Sep 4, 2020, 11:57:49 PM9/4/20
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... pronounces <now> as [n&U].
George Harrison pronounces <beware> like <bewere>.

> Assuming you don't mean the wordless backup singer, who is probably
> Claudia Lennear.

The Soul Choir
Claudia Lennear, Joe Greene, Jeanie Greene, Marlin Greene, Dolores Hall, Don Nix, Don Preston
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(album)#Personnel

Jim Keltner also drummed for Mad Dogs and Englishman in which ensemble
Joe Cocker and his 10-person Space Choir were the singers.
Here they are singing Harrison's "Something", my favorite rendition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwX_KqYVSeE
I love the way one singer carries her dog.

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