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"Awaiting on You All" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1970 triple album, ''All Things Must Pass''. Along with the single "My Sweet Lord", it is among the more overtly religious compositions on ''All Things Must Pass'', and the recording typifies co-producer Phil Spector's influence on the album, due to his liberal use of reverberation and other Wall of Sound production techniques. Harrison recorded the track in London backed by musicians such as Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Klaus Voormann, Jim Gordon and Jim Price – many of whom he had toured with, as Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, in December 1969, while still officially a member of the Beatles. Musically, the composition reflects Harrison's embracing of the gospel music genre, following his production of fellow Apple Records artists Billy Preston and Doris Troy. In his lyrics to "Awaiting on You All", Harrison espouses a direct relationship with God over adherence to the tenets of organised religion. Influenced by both his association with London-based Hare Krishna devotees, known as the Radha Krishna Temple, and the Vedanta-inspired teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Harrison sings of chanting God's name as a means to cleanse and liberate oneself from the impurities of the material world. While acknowledging the validity of all faiths, in essence, his song words explicitly criticise the Pope and the perceived materialism of the Catholic Church – a verse that EMI and Capitol Records continue to omit from the album's lyrics. He also questions the validity of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 campaign for world peace, reflecting a divergence of philosophies between Harrison and his former bandmate after their shared interest in Hindu spirituality in 1967–68. Several commentators have identified "Awaiting on You All" as one of the highlights of ''All Things Must Pass''; author and critic Richard Williams likens it to the Spector-produced "River Deep – Mountain High", by Ike & Tina Turner.〔 The track is featured in the books ''1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die'' by Robert Dimery and ''1001 Songs'' by Toby Creswell. A similarly well-regarded live version, with backing from a large band including Clapton, Ringo Starr, Preston and Jim Keltner, was released on the 1971 album ''The Concert for Bangladesh'' and appeared in the 1972 film of the same name. Harrison's posthumous compilation ''Early Takes: Volume 1'' (2012) includes a demo version of the song, recorded early in the 1970 sessions for ''All Things Must Pass''. ==Background== In his book ''While My Guitar Gently Weeps'', Simon Leng describes George Harrison's musical projects outside the Beatles during 1969–70 – such as producing American gospel and soul artists Billy Preston and Doris Troy, and touring with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends – as the completion of "a musical-philosophical circle", which resulted in his post-Beatles solo album ''All Things Must Pass'' (1970).〔Leng, pp. 62, 83, 319.〕 Among the songs on that triple album, "My Sweet Lord" and "Awaiting on You All" each reflect Harrison's immersion in Krishna Consciousness,〔Leng, pp. 71, 83.〕〔Allison, pp. 46, 47.〕 via his association with the UK branch of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known as the Radha Krishna Temple.〔Clayson, pp. 267–68.〕 An ISKCON devotee since 1970, author Joshua Greene writes of ''All Things Must Pass'' providing an "intimately detailed account of a spiritual journey", which had begun with Harrison's embracing of Hinduism while in India in September–October 1966.〔Greene, pp. 70–72, 181, 190.〕 Having long disavowed the Catholic faith of his upbringing,〔Allison, pp. 40, 42–44.〕 from 1966 Harrison was inspired by the teachings of Indian yogi Swami Vivekananda.〔Greene, pp. 68–69.〕〔Olivia Harrison, "A Few Words About George", in The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', p. 10.〕 The latter's contention that "Each soul is potentially divine, the goal is to manifest that divinity" particularly resonated with Harrison in its contrast to the doctrine of the Catholic Church.〔Tillery, pp. 58, 107.〕 By 1967, Harrison's religious awakening had progressed to include Gaudiya Vaishnava chanting,〔Greene, pp. 80–81, 145.〕 a form of meditation that he shared with his Beatles bandmate John Lennon〔Tillery, pp. 58–59, 69, 109.〕〔The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', p. 36.〕 and would go on to espouse in "Awaiting on You All".〔Allison, pp. 47, 122.〕 Further to Vivekananda's assertion, chanting the Hare Krishna or other Sanskrit-worded mantras has, author Gary Tillery writes, "the ability to send spiritual energy through the body, leading to the enlightenment of the person chanting".〔Tillery, p. 89.〕 Whereas Lennon's interest in spiritual matters waned following the Beatles' visit to India in 1968,〔Tillery, pp. 63, 64–65.〕〔Schaffner, pp. 88–89.〕〔Greene, p. 97.〕 Harrison's involvement with the Radha Krishna Temple led to him producing two hit singles by the devotees over 1969–70, "Hare Krishna Mantra" and "Govinda".〔Lavezzoli, p. 195.〕〔Clayson, pp. 246, 268–69, 439.〕 While Lennon and his partner, Yoko Ono, undertook a highly publicised campaign for world peace during 1969,〔Doggett, pp. 89–91.〕〔Wiener, pp. xvii, 91–92, 113.〕 Harrison believed that all human suffering could be averted if individuals focused on addressing their own imperfections rather than, as he put it, "trying to fix everybody else up like the Lone Ranger".〔Greene, p. 156.〕〔Clayson, pp. 256, 266–67.〕 This divergence in philosophy also formed part of Harrison's subject matter for "Awaiting on You All",〔 a song that, Greene writes, "projected his message to the world".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Awaiting on You All」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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