George Harrison: Living in the Material World Page #2

style in those days.

And I must've looked good,

cos she was like...

She didn't like me. She was shocked.

She said, "Look at him! Who is this?

Bringing this boy to this house.

"Look at him. He looks

dreadful, like a Teddy boy."

And he'd just say,

"Shut up, Mary, shut up!"

Don't you try to tame a wildcat

You just don't understand

The wildcat's what they name me

No kitten's gonna tame me

Oh, no. Not me.

Our wedding was just one of those

occasions where they thought

they would practise on people

and see what happened.

They were not exactly what the

majority of people there expected.

They had a tea break.

An elderly lady,

who was one of the guests,

came along to play the piano,

who was a real pub player.

She could really hammer out tunes

that everybody wanted to sing to.

The three lads reappeared

from the bar, pints in hand,

and John just poured a pint

over this lady's head,

just straight over the head,

saying, "I anoint thee, David."

And just walked away.

And this lady surprised me,

because there was absolutely

nothing. There was no reaction.

She just smiled and got up

and went away and got dry again.

You know, it was...

And I thought it was funny,

because in those days,

people used to say,

"See you had a wedding in Liverpool.

How many fights were there?"

But there wasn't even a fight.

The nearly fight was John Lennon

pouring a pint on her head.

When I met John,

he had a lot of power, really.

Sometimes they'd pick somebody

to march behind

on the way to war.

Well, he was certainly out front.

When you thought you wanted

to be a musician,

where did you think you'd end up?

There's no justification for it.

We kind of had a feeling that

that's what we were going to do.

And I always felt that something

good was going to happen.

But then, in those days,

something good would just be

getting to do a tour

of Mecca ballrooms.

That was, like, a big deal.

She's got a way

that makes me act like a fool

Spends my money

then she plays me cool

I'm begging for her kisses

on a bended knee

Oh, won't you give me

some a-loving, baby?

Please, please.

Watch out now

Take care

Beware of falling swingers

Dropping all around you

The pain that often mingles...

After wartime,

we still had lots of bombed houses.

Not poverty. I mean,

the Germans were rich quite quick.

It didn't take them long

to pick up on that one.

That particular day,

I had an argument with Astrid.

I was really angry

and I wanted to let steam off.

And I quite often went that

direction, to the harbour.

The Reeperbahn

is really for the sailors,

for the people getting drunk.

For people going to see naked women

or having sex or whatever.

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