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Title: George Harrison Post by: Jitendra Hydonus on Sep 05, 2022 04:16 pm https://americansongwriter.com/meaning-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-george-harrison-song-lyrics/
Such a wonderful way to look at life, reflected in the song; While my guitar gently weeps. Initially, the song was more of an experiment using the theory of I Ching, the Chinese “Book of Changes.” While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ was just a simple study based on the theory that everything has some purpose for being there at that given moment,” said Harrison. “I was thinking that anything I see when I open a book, I’m going to write a song about. So I opened this book and I saw ‘gently weeps.’ I shut the book and then I started the tune.” Lyrically, the song would shift in meaning by Harrison, and eventually, the song would speak more to the disharmony within The Beatles following their return from India through the telling of a more somber love story. I look at you all see the love there that’s sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don’t know why nobody told you How to unfold your love I don’t know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you I look at the world and I notice it’s turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps I don’t know why you were diverted You were perverted, too I don’t know how you were inverted No one alerted you Folk-Turned-Full Band At first, Harrison said he played the song for Lennon, McCartney, and Ringo Starr and they had no interest in it. “I knew inside of me that it was a nice song,” said Harrison in a 1987 interview. Finally recording the song in September 1968 at Abbey Road Studios, the track, also sung by Harrison, shifted from a more folk-leaned arrangement to one more produced with a heavier full-band sound. Harrison was also trying to craft a guitar solo for the song, which he later scrapped, bringing in Clapton to fill the lead instead—which is introduced by McCartney’s piano part in the final recorded White Album version. [attachment deleted by admin] Title: Re: George Harrison Post by: Jitendra Hydonus on Mar 17, 2023 10:09 pm Thanks Kelly … this one puts a lot of the work wisdom in the other videos in concise way so others don’t have to search thru everything televised. https://youtu.be/qP0lr5_qQdg |