Funny things tastes, weelittledrummer - I actually liked George's Indian-influenced stuff; nice phrase construction, interesting riffs. Perhaps my own background (I like arabic and Indian music, Turkish too) made them more palatable.

I liked several of his other songs too. He had an ear for a catchy tune, that's sure, even if his lyrics were not the greatest.

In mourning him, it's hard for someone like me to dissociate from mourning a symbol of my generation and my own youth; but I wish I'd met him, and if I had, by all accounts I would have liked him. He did good, not only well. And for that alone he deserves a respectful nod.