eric clapton played lead guitar on the beatles song while my guitar gently weeps.
eric clapton played lead guitar on the beatles song while my guitar gently weeps.
who played lead guitar on the beatles song while my guitar gently weeps?
eric clapton
among contemporary reviews, jann wenner of "rolling stone" said that "while my guitar gently weeps" was "one of george harrison's very best songs", and likened it to "blue jay way" in that it "recalls california, the simple baja california beat, the dreamy words of the los angeles haze, the organic pace lapping around every room as if in invisible waves". wenner found the lyrics "slightly self-righteous and preaching", representing "a general set of incidents, a message, like a sermon, impersonally directed to everyone", and concluded: "i am willing to bet something substantial that the lead guitarist on this cut is eric clapton, yet another involution of the circular logic on which this song [is] so superbly constructed as a musical piece." in his review for the "international times", barry miles said the song was a "great tune" with "nice hi-hats" but a "lifeless" guitar part. alan smith of the "nme" credited the "warm voice" and "very strong melody" to mccartney and said that the track was one of the "highlights ... moving into a slightly hendrix thing" and was bound to be "another hit for somebody". three weeks later, smith acknowledged that the singer and composer was in fact harrison, and added: "the words are evocative and the melody line is creeping into my mind to stay." geoffrey cannon wrote in "the guardian": "george harrison has seen the truth, and is anxious that we should see our truth. he's a preacher, man of fire. when his songs speak of 'you', the address is direct. he achieves his character in 'while my guitar gently weeps', which, with phil ochs's 'tape from california', is the first track i know that succeeds in making magnanimous love serious and touching."
while my guitar gently weeps
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"the heart gently weeps" is the first single from the 2007 album "8 diagrams" by the wu-tang clan. the song features a sample of the beatles' song "while my guitar gently weeps". it features guest appearances from three other musicians: r&b singer erykah badu sings the song's chorus; dhani harrison, son of beatles member george harrison, plays acoustic guitar; and john frusciante of the red hot chili peppers is featured on lead guitar. this song was made using a cover version of the george harrison song played by the blues guitarist jimmy ponder.
the heart gently weeps