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"So Sad" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison that was released on his 1974 album Dark Horse. Harrison originally recorded the song for his previous album, Living in the Material World, before giving it to Alvin Lee, the guitarist and singer with Ten Years After. Lee recorded it – as "So Sad (No Love of His Own)" – with gospel singer Mylon LeFevre for their 1973 album On the Road to Freedom. The latter recording includes contributions from Harrison and marked the first of several collaborations between him and Lee.
Harrison began writing "So Sad" in New York in 1972 about the failure of his first marriage, to Pattie Boyd. The lyrics present a stark winter imagery that contrasts with the springtime optimism of his Beatles composition "Here Comes the Sun". Harrison recorded his version of the song during a period of romantic intrigue surrounding his marriage and those of fellow musicians Ron Wood and Ringo Starr. The main recording session took place at Harrison and Boyd's home, Friar Park, in November 1973, eight months before she left him for Eric Clapton. Aside from Harrison's extensive contributions on vocals, guitars and keyboards, the musicians on the recording include Starr, Nicky Hopkins and Jim Keltner.
Several reviewers have highlighted "So Sad" as a standout track on the otherwise disappointing Dark Horse album. While commenting on its bleak depiction of lost love, author Simon Leng describes the song as "the temporary death of [Harrison's] Krishna dream", reflecting the singer's surrender to human sorrow over his spiritual resolve.
I like this song a lot as a melody and lyrically, except the only problem is it's depressing. It is so sad. It was at the time I was splitting up with Pattie.
In his 1980 autobiography, I, Me, Mine, George Harrison recalls that he started writing "So Sad" in 1972 while in New York. He reproduces his original lyrics in the book, written on stationery from the Park Lane Hotel in Manhattan. Harrison identifies this period as when he was breaking up with his first wife, Pattie Boyd, although the couple did not formally separate until July 1974, when Boyd left him for Eric Clapton.
Al Aronowitz, a New York-based journalist and a friend of the Harrisons, later expressed his surprise at the failure of their marriage, saying: "I never saw the breakup coming … around them everything seemed magical." Harrison and Boyd met on the set of the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night in 1964 and were married two years later. By the late 1960s, however, they had begun to grow apart due to Harrison's preoccupation with meditation and other spiritual pursuits. In an effort to regain her husband's attention, in 1970, Boyd responded to Clapton's long-held infatuation with her, only to reject his advances at that time. Unable to conceive a child, and with Harrison averse to adoption, Boyd resumed her career as a fashion model in May 1971, an activity that sat at odds with his spiritual convictions. According to Harrison biographer Elliot Huntley, the first public signs of a rift in the marriage came in August 1972. That month, Harrison travelled alone through Europe to Portugal to visit Gary Wright, who then "played the diplomat" by fending off press speculation regarding Boyd's absence.
Author Ian Inglis describes "So Sad" as the first Harrison composition to "explicitly address the collapse of his marriage". The song was copyrighted to Harrisongs in November 1973 as "So Sad (No Love of His Own)", a title that recalls that of the Everly Brothers' hit "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)". Along with his song "So Sad", Harrison's 1974 album Dark Horse included a version of the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye, Love", the lyrics of which he altered to sarcastically address Boyd's eloping with Clapton. While expressing confusion over the motivation behind this reworking of "Bye Bye, Love", Inglis views "So Sad" as a reflection of the profound sense of loss that Harrison genuinely felt. Among other examples of the depth of the couple's shared experiences, Inglis cites Boyd's role as Harrison's companion at the height of Beatlemania, their joint embrace of Indian spirituality, and her presence throughout his emergence as a solo artist.
"So Sad" is in 4/4 time throughout, while its musical key changes from C major in the verses to D major over the choruses. The song opens and closes with a descending, eight-bar instrumental passage. In between these two passages, it comprises three combinations of verse and chorus.
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"So Sad" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison that was released on his 1974 album Dark Horse. Harrison originally recorded the song for his previous album, Living in the Material World, before giving it to Alvin Lee, the guitarist and singer with Ten Years After. Lee recorded it – as "So Sad (No Love of His Own)" – with gospel singer Mylon LeFevre for their 1973 album On the Road to Freedom. The latter recording includes contributions from Harrison and marked the first of several collaborations between him and Lee.
Harrison began writing "So Sad" in New York in 1972 about the failure of his first marriage, to Pattie Boyd. The lyrics present a stark winter imagery that contrasts with the springtime optimism of his Beatles composition "Here Comes the Sun". Harrison recorded his version of the song during a period of romantic intrigue surrounding his marriage and those of fellow musicians Ron Wood and Ringo Starr. The main recording session took place at Harrison and Boyd's home, Friar Park, in November 1973, eight months before she left him for Eric Clapton. Aside from Harrison's extensive contributions on vocals, guitars and keyboards, the musicians on the recording include Starr, Nicky Hopkins and Jim Keltner.
Several reviewers have highlighted "So Sad" as a standout track on the otherwise disappointing Dark Horse album. While commenting on its bleak depiction of lost love, author Simon Leng describes the song as "the temporary death of [Harrison's] Krishna dream", reflecting the singer's surrender to human sorrow over his spiritual resolve.
I like this song a lot as a melody and lyrically, except the only problem is it's depressing. It is so sad. It was at the time I was splitting up with Pattie.
In his 1980 autobiography, I, Me, Mine, George Harrison recalls that he started writing "So Sad" in 1972 while in New York. He reproduces his original lyrics in the book, written on stationery from the Park Lane Hotel in Manhattan. Harrison identifies this period as when he was breaking up with his first wife, Pattie Boyd, although the couple did not formally separate until July 1974, when Boyd left him for Eric Clapton.
Al Aronowitz, a New York-based journalist and a friend of the Harrisons, later expressed his surprise at the failure of their marriage, saying: "I never saw the breakup coming … around them everything seemed magical." Harrison and Boyd met on the set of the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night in 1964 and were married two years later. By the late 1960s, however, they had begun to grow apart due to Harrison's preoccupation with meditation and other spiritual pursuits. In an effort to regain her husband's attention, in 1970, Boyd responded to Clapton's long-held infatuation with her, only to reject his advances at that time. Unable to conceive a child, and with Harrison averse to adoption, Boyd resumed her career as a fashion model in May 1971, an activity that sat at odds with his spiritual convictions. According to Harrison biographer Elliot Huntley, the first public signs of a rift in the marriage came in August 1972. That month, Harrison travelled alone through Europe to Portugal to visit Gary Wright, who then "played the diplomat" by fending off press speculation regarding Boyd's absence.
Author Ian Inglis describes "So Sad" as the first Harrison composition to "explicitly address the collapse of his marriage". The song was copyrighted to Harrisongs in November 1973 as "So Sad (No Love of His Own)", a title that recalls that of the Everly Brothers' hit "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)". Along with his song "So Sad", Harrison's 1974 album Dark Horse included a version of the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye, Love", the lyrics of which he altered to sarcastically address Boyd's eloping with Clapton. While expressing confusion over the motivation behind this reworking of "Bye Bye, Love", Inglis views "So Sad" as a reflection of the profound sense of loss that Harrison genuinely felt. Among other examples of the depth of the couple's shared experiences, Inglis cites Boyd's role as Harrison's companion at the height of Beatlemania, their joint embrace of Indian spirituality, and her presence throughout his emergence as a solo artist.
"So Sad" is in 4/4 time throughout, while its musical key changes from C major in the verses to D major over the choruses. The song opens and closes with a descending, eight-bar instrumental passage. In between these two passages, it comprises three combinations of verse and chorus.