Track 20: Run of the Mill

Run of the Mill by George Harrison.

This is a track that's been coursing through my head and stereo for months now. It is a perfect expression of George Harrison's lyric and melodic sensibilities; much more so, in my opinion, than his Beatles-era experimentations (a few of which can be heard in the Inner Light/Here Comes the Sun track posted EARLIER).

This song is simple and majestic, in Harrison's quintessial style. To me, it's about telling your loved ones what you feel about them, but also about telling the world what it needs to know about those things beloved to you that have no voice of their own. The sentiment of this song is as simple as its melody, and as complex as its syncopated phrasing.

Om shanti.
Photograph by Richard Avedon.