while my guitar gently weeps was written in 1968.
while my guitar gently weeps was written in 1968.
when was while my guitar gently weeps written?
1968
bullet::::- tape copying









































bullet::::- "revolution" (of take 16, rhythm track only)









































section::::1968.:"the beatles" ("white album") and "hey jude" single sessions.:5 september 1968.









































bullet::::- studio two, emi studios, london, (7.00pm-3.45am)









































bullet::::- recording









































bullet::::- "while my guitar gently weeps" (si onto take 16)









































bullet::::- "while my guitar gently weeps" (re-remake takes 17 – 44)









































bullet::::- take 27 – released as part of "the beatles" ("white album") "50th anniversary box set"









































section::::1968.:"the beatles" ("white album") and "hey jude" single sessions.:6 september 1968.









































bullet::::- studio two, emi studios, london, (7.00pm-2.00am)









































bullet::::- recording









































bullet::::- "while my guitar gently weeps" (si onto take 25)
the beatles' recording sessions
writing for "the observer" in 2004, pete paphides described "while my guitar gently weeps" as "george harrison's startling coming of age as a songwriter" and one of the few tracks that "pick themselves" when listeners attempt to edit the double album down to a single disc. in his book "revolution in the head", ian macdonald was less impressed with the track, saying that it "exudes a browbeating self-importance which quickly becomes tiresome". despite his reluctance to record "while my guitar gently weeps", mccartney identified it as one of his favourite selections on the 1995–96 "anthology" outtakes series, and he grouped the song with "something" and "here comes the sun" as candidates for harrison's "greatest track". starr paired it with "something" as "two of the finest love songs ever written", adding: "they're really on a par with what john and paul or anyone else of that time wrote." in their written tributes to harrison following his death in november 2001, mick jagger and keith richards each expressed their admiration for the song. jagger said: "it's lovely, plaintive. only a guitar player could write that ..."
while my guitar gently weeps