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Not one of my favourite Beatles songs, not even one of my favourite Harrisongs.  Here Comes the Sun is in a minor key with a lyric that is not obviously down-beat.  Songs played in a minor key do not necessarily make people feel melancholic, and in fact many people find this an upbeat tune.

For me though it recalls winter Sundays in the 1970's, with Last of The Summer Wine when they were all teenagers, and Cliff Michelmore on the Holiday programme.  At school the "what did you do over the summer" writing question was usually answered by "played on the railway line next to Crumpsall Station, built a den under the bridge and dared each other how close we could get to the electric third-rail", such larks.  Back then people used to dream of going to the Blue Dolphin Holiday Park in Filey, never mind that abroad place.

I don't dislike the song, or think it is particularly bland, it just isn't as cheery as the lyric makes out.  If the lyric is in counterpoint to the minor key I don't think it's light enough to achieve balance and serves to make the song much more doleful.  I suspect that this was the intention of Harrison all along, he was a smart chap, had been a member of one of the best bands of all time, had tremendous song-writing skill, and the subtlety of the song has been missed.

Obviously I didn't miss the subtlety so that makes me a super-great smart chap.

Unless I'm talking cock, in which case I'm not a super-great smart chap, but a talking cock...

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George Harrison - Here Comes the Sun