45 years ago today (December 9th), George Harrison released Dark Horse, his first album on his own label, also named Dark Horse. The song “All Things Must Pass” was thought to be about the demise of The Beatles, George called the song a “very philosophical thing.” It was a song he’d written while he was a Beatle and demoed at Abbey Road on his 26th birthday in 1969. He spoke about the song for an electronic press kit when the album’s 30th anniversary edition was released in 2001.
“The whole idea of, well, ‘All Things Must Pass’ is a very philosophical thing, y’know. Sunrise doesn’t last all morning and a cloudburst doesn’t last all day and a sunset doesn’t last all evening.”
