It was introduced by George Givot and Josephine Huston. "Isn't It a Pity" has been covered by numerous artists, including Nina Simone, Dana, Matt Monro, Galaxie 500, Cowboy Junkies and Annie Lennox. Other musicians on the recording include Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Gary Wright and the band Badfinger, while the reprise version features Eric Clapton on lead guitar. Isn't it a pity, isn't it a shame How we break each other's hearts, and cause each other pain How we take each other's love without thinking any more Forgetting to give back, now isn't it a pity. [32], Like the concurrently recorded "My Sweet Lord", the album's other "Isn't It a Pity" betrays the influence of co-producer Phil Spector more so than the comparatively sedate Version Two. The first sees Harrison regretful at the heartache and pain people cause one another. [16][nb 1], Despite its relative antiquity by 1970, the song's lyrics lent themselves well to the themes of spiritual salvation and friendship that define All Things Must Pass,[18][19] being consistent with the karmic subject matter of much of the album. [28][nb 4] The first slide-guitar break on the released recording uses a near-identical melody to the one Harrison had vocalised when playing the song for the other Beatles on 26 January 1969[38] – reflecting a quality admired by Elton John in the latter's 2002 tribute to Harrison: "All his solos are very melodic – you can almost sing his solos. [48] The NME's Alan Smith described it as a track that "catches the mood of aching tolerance of pain, which Harrison can do so well" and "a ballad which will stand out from the album with the passing of the years". It was a chance to realise that if I felt somebody had let me down, then there's a good chance I was letting someone else down. Harrison wrote the song in 1966, but it was rejected for inclusion on releases by the Beatles. "All Things Must Pass", the third solo album by English musician George Harrison, was released 45 years ago today (27 November 1970). isn't it a pity - Nederlandse vertaling – … [125], Many artists have covered "Isn't It a Pity". [78], Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone deemed All Things Must Pass "both an intensely personal statement and a grandiose gesture, a triumph over artistic modesty"[48] and referenced the three-record set as an "extravaganza of piety and sacrifice and joy, whose sheer magnitude and ambition may dub it the War and Peace of rock 'n' roll". [38][39] According to Spector's comments regarding Harrison's early mixes, the orchestral arrangement was not added until late August at the earliest. [19][nb 2] "Isn't It a Pity" (Version One, in its All Things Must Pass context) starts small and builds,[34] and reflects Harrison and Barham's interest in incorporating orchestration into the album's rock sound. [142] A version by Jonathan Wilson and Graham Nash appeared on Harrison Covered,[143] a tribute CD accompanying the November 2011 issue of Mojo. "[25], Speaking to Billboard editor-in-chief Timothy White in 2000, Harrison said of "Isn't It a Pity": "It's just an observation of how society and myself were or are. Jackson also remarks on the irony of Harrison's song, with its lavish orchestral arrangement, slide guitar commentary and vocal chorus, competing for length with "Hey Jude", a track on which McCartney had rejected Harrison's ideas for guitar embellishment. Veel vertaalde voorbeeldzinnen bevatten "isn't it a pity" – Engels-Nederlands woordenboek en zoekmachine voor een miljard Engelse vertalingen. 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