06-03-2022, 09:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2022, 09:20 PM by Eric the Green.)
Rishikesh is where The Beatles went to learn meditation from the Maharishi. David Parsons of New Zealand took up what John Lennon said he really wanted to do on Tomorrow Never Knows but didn't do, recording monks singing and chanting, according to the Hollybobs video mentioned above about 10 facts about Tomorrow Never Knows. Parsons' music is influenced by The Beatles, and he became one of the greatest artists and "sound painters" in the new age/ambient realm. On this, perhaps his greatest track, Parsons traveled to the town where the Beatles met the Maharishi, and captured the whole atmosphere and depth of the traditional and the modern spirit of the place and its spirituality. The same kind of Indian drone sound used on the Beatles' great 1966 track is heard as the basis for this track "Rishikesh" from his 1989 album Himalaya-- the mountain John wanted to ascend to make his song.