Here Comes the Sun Song Review

 

I found the Album Abbey Road very upbeat. My favorite song, Here Comes the Sun, is what this blog post is about. 

Here Comes the Sun was written by George Harrison in Eric Clapton’s garden, and you can hear the acoustic guitar very clearly throughout the song, which is played by George using Clapton’s guitar! “It was just sunny and it was all just the release of that tension that had been building up on me” said Harrison. The tension he was referring to was their manager, Brian Epstein’s death. The Beatles workload suddenly doubled in size, and George used this song to relax. I find it comforting as well, and Geroge’s points resound in my mind. This song just went on my “Calm” playlist.

Here Comes the Sun was done in 9 takes, and is the first song on Side 2 of the album. While the album Abbey Road had many standout songs such as Come Together, Octopus’s Garden and Golden Slumbers, Here Comes the Sun is by far the most popular song on the album. It is also my favorite song on the album. My favorite lyrics of the song are “Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting. Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear.” It has a more literal sense in terms of “Melting” and “Clear”, and I think while most of the song is metaphoric, some of it has a literal meaning, and I like that a lot. 

—Daniel Sommerfeld