george harrison wrote the original while my guitar gently weeps.
george harrison wrote the original while my guitar gently weeps.
who wrote the original while my guitar gently weeps?
george harrison
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
"rolling stone" ranked "while my guitar gently weeps" 136th on its list of "the 500 greatest songs of all time", seventh on the "100 greatest guitar songs of all time", and at number 10 on its list of "the beatles 100 greatest songs". clapton's performance was ranked 42nd in "guitar world"s 2008 list of the "100 greatest guitar solos". among other critics' lists of the best beatles songs, "paste" magazine and "ultimate classic rock" each ranked it at number 4, while "mojo" placed it at number 17. in his commentary for the "mojo" selection, english songwriter chris difford said that he had only come to fully appreciate the lyrics following harrison's death in 2001; describing them as a "riposte" to harrison's bandmates, particularly lennon and mccartney, difford added: "george was the one who came back from india with the spiritual awakening and carried it through to the rest of his life, whereas the others came back with the postcards." in 2018, the music staff of "time out london" ranked "while my guitar gently weeps" 20th on their list of the best beatles songs. coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the white album's release, jacob stolworthy of "the independent" listed it at number 1 on his ranking of the album's 30 tracks. he said the song was "hands down one of the beatles' greatest" and, having being conceived through "disharmony – in the world, as well as in the band he'd grown up with", "testament to harrison's genius".
while my guitar gently weeps