Living in the Material World (song)
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«Living in the Material World» es una canción del músico británico George Harrison, publicada en el álbum de estudio Living in the Material World (1973). En la letra de la canción, Harrison presenta un contraste entre el mundo materialista y sus metas espirituales, contraponiendo ambas temáticas con secciones musicales distintas que van del rock a la música hindú. Además, Harrison incluyó referencias a su pasado como beatle como un símbolo del mundo material y cita a sus antiguos compañeros de grupo, John Lennon, Paul McCartney y Ringo Starr. La sección rock de la canción incluyó a músicos como , Jim Keltner y Gary Wright, mientras que la sección hindú incluyó a Zakir Hussain tocando la tabla y a Harrison tocando el sitar.
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"Living in the Material World" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison that was released as the title track of his 1973 album. In the song's lyrics, Harrison contrasts the world of material concerns with his commitment to a spiritual path, and the conflict is further represented in the musical arrangement as the rock accompaniment alternates with sections of Indian sounds. Inspired by Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the song promotes the need to recognise the illusory nature of human existence and escape the constant cycle of reincarnation, and thereby attain moksha in the Hindu faith. The contrasts presented in "Living in the Material World" inspired the Last Supper-style photograph by Ken Marcus that appeared inside the album's gatefold cover, an
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Cover of the original Hansen Publishing sheet music for the song
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A raunchy Reeperbahn quality exploded from striking keyboard riffs, a wailing guitar, a heavy saxophone, and a driving percussion. Then he stopped the music and a gentle, tabla-filled interlude lifted the song to a meditative realm ... then bang! He brought listeners back into the material world ... See how easy it is, the abrupt return declared, to forget and again get caught up in maya, in illusion?
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This place's not really what's happening. We don't belong here [in the material world], but in the spiritual sky.
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– Author Joshua Greene, commenting on the effect of Harrison's musical arrangement for the song
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– Harrison to ISKCON devotee Mukunda Goswami, 1982
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«Living in the Material World» es una canción del músico británico George Harrison, publicada en el álbum de estudio Living in the Material World (1973). En la letra de la canción, Harrison presenta un contraste entre el mundo materialista y sus metas espirituales, contraponiendo ambas temáticas con secciones musicales distintas que van del rock a la música hindú. Además, Harrison incluyó referencias a su pasado como beatle como un símbolo del mundo material y cita a sus antiguos compañeros de grupo, John Lennon, Paul McCartney y Ringo Starr. La sección rock de la canción incluyó a músicos como , Jim Keltner y Gary Wright, mientras que la sección hindú incluyó a Zakir Hussain tocando la tabla y a Harrison tocando el sitar. Además de proveer el título al álbum, la canción inspiró a Harrison a nombrar su asociación caritativa, The Material World Charitable Foundation, a quien donó los derechos de publicación de la canción. El cineasta Martin Scorsese usó también el título de la canción para titular su documental de 2011 sobre la vida de Harrison.
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"Living in the Material World" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison that was released as the title track of his 1973 album. In the song's lyrics, Harrison contrasts the world of material concerns with his commitment to a spiritual path, and the conflict is further represented in the musical arrangement as the rock accompaniment alternates with sections of Indian sounds. Inspired by Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the song promotes the need to recognise the illusory nature of human existence and escape the constant cycle of reincarnation, and thereby attain moksha in the Hindu faith. The contrasts presented in "Living in the Material World" inspired the Last Supper-style photograph by Ken Marcus that appeared inside the album's gatefold cover, and also designer Tom Wilkes's incorporation of Krishna-related symbolism elsewhere in the packaging. Harrison references his Beatles past as one of the trappings of the material world and refers by name to each of his three former bandmates. Ringo Starr, the Beatles' former drummer, plays drums on the track, which was recorded in England between October 1972 and February 1973. The rock portions include a slide guitar solo by Harrison, saxophone solos, two drummers, and prominent Hammond organ, while the meditative Indian interludes feature flute, tabla and a rare post-Beatle sitar contribution from Harrison. Jim Horn, Gary Wright and Zakir Hussain are among the other musicians on the recording. The production and musicianship on the track has received favourable comments from several reviewers. On release, Stephen Holden of Rolling Stone described the song as "an incantatory, polyrhythmic rocker with a falsetto-on-sitar refrain". In addition to providing the title for the Living in the Material World album, it inspired Harrison's choice for a name for his charity, the Material World Charitable Foundation, to which he donated his publishing royalties from the composition. The 2006 reissue of the album includes a film clip of "Living in the Material World", featuring archival footage of the vinyl LP's manufacturing process. Film-maker Martin Scorsese used the song's title for that of his 2011 documentary on the life of George Harrison.
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