george harrison made the song while my guitar gently weeps.
who made the song while my guitar gently weeps?
george harrison
"while my guitar gently weeps" is a song by the english rock band the beatles from their 1968 double album "the beatles" (also known as "the white album"). it was written by george harrison, the band's lead guitarist. the song serves as a comment on the disharmony within the beatles following their return from studying transcendental meditation in india in early 1968. this lack of camaraderie was reflected in the band's initial apathy towards the composition, which harrison countered by inviting his friend and occasional collaborator, eric clapton, to contribute to the recording. clapton overdubbed a lead guitar part, although he was not formally credited for his contribution.
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