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Blood from a Clone
1981 song by George Harrison From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Blood from a Clone" is a song by the English musician and former Beatles guitarist George Harrison from his 1981 album Somewhere in England. The song saw a re-release on The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992.[2]
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Background
In 1980, Harrison had finished recording the original track listing for Somewhere in England and was ready to present it to Warner Records. Mo Ostin rejected his original version of the album, because the label thought none of the songs were radio ready, which made Harrison upset, so he decided to write the song after the occasion.[3][4] Harrison's label was "looking for the mathematical equation for making the perfect single for the pop market."[5] Harrison's original plan was to write songs that were aimed at "14-20-year-olds", but he had to write another song.[6][7]
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Recording
This was one of the songs that Harrison was recording for his next album when the murder of John Lennon occurred. The expectations were that the day's work would be postponed, but after a couple of hours following the news, Harrison decided to continue on. Session musician Ray Cooper recalls Harrison thought "trying to make music would be more therapeutic than him sitting around and being besieged by press and God knows what else."[8]
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Reception
Elliot J. Huntley said that "Blood from a Clone", "That Which I Have Lost", "Teardrops" and "All Those Years Ago" were "certainly more commercial but were also more throwaway and unbalanced than Harrison's original vision of the album".[9] AllMusic's Lindsay Palmer called it a "biting satire that relates the difficulty the former Beatle was concurrently having with his record company" and goes on to state that it "became one of the submitted alternates. The lyrics that accompany the bopping and otherwise affable midtempo melody were nothing short of a stab at the age-old 'artist versus suits' dilemma".[2] Author Peter Doggett called it "an assault on the shortsightedness of record executives".[10] Author Andrew Jackson Grant called it "bitter".[11] Far Out Magazine said that it was a "last-ditch attempt to jump on the funk bandwagon that was popular in England at that time."[12]
Personnel
According to Simon Leng[3]
- George Harrison – vocal, guitar
- Herbie Flowers – bass
- Dave Mattacks – drums, percussion
- Mike Moran – keyboards
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