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"See Yourself" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1976 album ''Thirty Three & 1/3''. Harrison began writing the song in 1967, while he was a member of the Beatles, in response to the public outcry surrounding bandmate Paul McCartney's admission that he had taken the hallucinogenic drug LSD. McCartney's announcement created a reaction in the press similar to that caused in 1966 by John Lennon's statement that the Beatles were more popular than Christianity. In its finished form, the song's lyrics advocate self-awareness and consideration for the consequences of one's actions. Musically, the composition contains unusual shifts in time signature from standard 4/4 to 9/8, while the songwords reflect the era of its genesis by recalling themes first espoused in the Beatles tracks "Within You, Without You" and "All You Need Is Love". Harrison recorded "See Yourself" at his Friar Park home studio in Henley, Oxfordshire. The recording features extensive use of keyboard instruments, played by Billy Preston, Gary Wright and Harrison, the last of whom contributed one of the track's prominent synthesizer parts. On the album cover, Harrison dedicated the song to Paramhansa Yogananda, founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship and author of ''Autobiography of a Yogi''. ==Background== Along with Beatles bandmate John Lennon and their wives, George Harrison first took the hallucinogenic drug Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in April 1965,〔Tillery, pp. 43–44.〕 when a dentist friend slipped it into their after-dinner coffee.〔Greene, p. 54.〕〔Pattie Boyd, ("Patti Boyd: 'The dentist who spiked my coffee with LSD'" ), ''Daily Mail'', 5 August 2007 (retrieved 30 July 2013).〕 The heightened perception induced by the hallucinogen inspired both musicians in their subsequent work with the Beatles,〔Lavezzoli, pp. 175, 176, 178–80.〕〔Tillery, pp. 51, 52.〕 notably on the albums ''Revolver'' (1966) and ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1967),〔Schaffner, pp. 76–77.〕〔Herstgaard, pp. 177, 184, 194–96.〕 and led directly to a shared interest in Eastern philosophical concepts and meditation.〔The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', pp. 34, 37.〕〔Tillery, pp. 35, 54, 58–59, 61, 87, 121–22.〕 Harrison later said of the profound change he felt as a result of first taking the drug: "I had such an overwhelming feeling of well-being, that there was a God, and I could see him in every blade of grass. It was like gaining hundreds of years of experience within twelve hours. It changed me, and there was no way back to what I was before."〔The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', p. 145.〕〔Tillery, p. 47.〕 While Ringo Starr had joined Harrison and Lennon for their second LSD experience, in August 1965,〔Ringo Starr and John Lennon, in The Beatles, p. 190.〕 Paul McCartney remained wary of its reality-distorting effect〔MacDonald, pp. 149, 165–66.〕 and, despite peer pressure from his bandmates,〔Paul McCartney, in The Beatles, p. 255.〕〔Carol Clerk, "George Harrison", ''Uncut'', February 2002; available at (Rock's Backpages ) (''subscription required''; retrieved 23 July 2014).〕 declined to partake of the drug until late in 1966.〔Sounes, p. 184.〕 On 19 June 1967, by which time it had become the recreational drug of choice among the counterculture, during the Summer of Love,〔Schaffner, p. 74.〕〔Derek Taylor, in The Beatles, p. 254.〕 McCartney confirmed to an ITN reporter that he had taken LSD,〔Miles, p. 270.〕 having already admitted as much to journalists from ''Life'' magazine and the ''Sunday People'' over the previous few days.〔Sounes, pp. 183–84.〕 A public outcry followed McCartney's announcement,〔Doggett, p. 20.〕〔Schaffner, p. 76.〕 which inconvenienced the other Beatles by bringing their drug use into the spotlight.〔Sounes, p. 185.〕 Author Ian MacDonald describes McCartney's candour as a "careless admission" that, as with Lennon's comment in March 1966 that the Beatles were more popular than Christianity, "brought howls of righteous anger on their heads".〔MacDonald, pp. 19–20.〕 Although Harrison, Lennon and Starr appeared to support McCartney's claim that it was the media's responsibility to decide whether the admission should become public knowledge, and not the individual's responsibility to lie, they were also suspicious about McCartney's motives,〔The Beatles, p. 255.〕 with Harrison suggesting he had done it for attention.〔 Lennon later equated the episode with McCartney's announcement of the Beatles' break-up as part of his promotion for his 1970 solo album, ''McCartney'', Lennon stating in a 1972 interview: "He always times his big announcements right on the letter, doesn't he?"〔John Lennon, in The Beatles, p. 255.〕 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「See Yourself」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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