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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles. It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist, as an exercise in randomness inspired by the Chinese I Ching. The song conveys his dismay at the world's unrealised potential for universal love, which he refers to as "the love there that's sleeping".
Cover of the Apple Publishing sheet music
Cover of the Apple Publishing sheet music
Clapton had given Harrison his red Gibson Les Paul shortly before the session and subsequently used it on the song.
Clapton had given Harrison his red Gibson Les Paul shortly before the session and subsequently used it on the song.
LP cover of The Beatles. Some music critics have recognised "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as a highlight of the Beatles' 1968 double album.
LP cover of The Beatles. Some music critics have recognised "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as a highlight of the Beatles' 1968 double album.
The Beatles (album)
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The Beatles, also referred to colloquially as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. Featuring a plain white sleeve, the cover contains no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed. This was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's previous LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The Beatles is recognised for its fragmentary style and diverse range of genres, including folk, country rock, British blues, ska, music hall, proto-metal and the avant-garde. It has since been viewed by some critics as a postmodern work, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time.
Original copies had the band's name blind embossed on a white background and were numbered.
Original copies had the band's name blind embossed on a white background and were numbered.
The songs that appear on The Beatles were demoed at George Harrison's home, Kinfauns, in May 1968.
The songs that appear on The Beatles were demoed at George Harrison's home, Kinfauns, in May 1968.
The album was recorded largely at Abbey Road Studios.
The album was recorded largely at Abbey Road Studios.
The new relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono caused tension in the studio with the other Beatles.
The new relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono caused tension in the studio with the other Beatles.