Re: The Beatles
because the lyrics are so contrived, as is the entire tune... lennon/mccartney rarely wrote that way, and if they did, the result was strikingly different, dare i say 'better.' 'tomorrow never knows' being for the benefit...' are two examples... if you love the song, or it holds a special place in your heart, knock yourself out... lyrically, to me, it doesn't hold up... 'gently weeps' is maudlin enough a lyrical phrase alone... some people love gaga's 'born this way,' but it's still shiite.From Wikipedia:Inspiration for the song came to Harrison when reading the I Ching, which, as he put it, "seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else...opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental." Taking this idea of relativism to his parents’ home in northern England, Harrison committed to write a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a random book. Those words were “gently weeps”, and he immediately began the song. As he said:
"I wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at my mother's house in Warrington. I was thinking about the Chinese I Ching, the Book of Changes... The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be, and that there's no such thing as coincidence - every little item that's going down has a purpose.
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was a simple study based on that theory. I decided to write a song based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book - as it would be a relative to that moment, at that time. I picked up a book at random, opened it, saw 'gently weeps', then laid the book down again and started the song.""Some of the words to the song were changed before I finally recorded it.” A demo recorded at George's home in Esher includes an unused verse:
I look at the trouble and see that it's raging, While my guitar gently weeps. As I'm sitting here, doing nothing but ageing, Still, my guitar gently weeps.
As well as an unused line in the very beginning:
The problems you sow, are the troubles you're reaping, Still, my guitar gently weeps.
This line was eventually omitted in favour of the one appearing on The Beatles. An early acoustic guitar/organ take of the song, released on Anthology 3 and also used as the basis of the Love remix, featured a slightly different third verse:
I look from the wings at the play you are staging, While my guitar gently weeps. As I'm sitting here, doing nothing but ageing, Still, my guitar gently weeps.
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because the lyrics are so contrived, as is the entire tune... lennon/mccartney rarely wrote that way, and if they did, the result was strikingly different, dare i say 'better.' 'tomorrow never knows' being for the benefit...' are two examples... if you love the song, or it holds a special place in your heart, knock yourself out... lyrically, to me, it doesn't hold up... 'gently weeps' is maudlin enough a lyrical phrase alone... some people love gaga's 'born this way,' but it's still shiite.From Wikipedia:Inspiration for the song came to Harrison when reading the I Ching, which, as he put it, "seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else...opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental." Taking this idea of relativism to his parents’ home in northern England, Harrison committed to write a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a random book. Those words were “gently weeps”, and he immediately began the song. As he said:
"I wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at my mother's house in Warrington. I was thinking about the Chinese I Ching, the Book of Changes... The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be, and that there's no such thing as coincidence - every little item that's going down has a purpose.
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was a simple study based on that theory. I decided to write a song based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book - as it would be a relative to that moment, at that time. I picked up a book at random, opened it, saw 'gently weeps', then laid the book down again and started the song.""Some of the words to the song were changed before I finally recorded it.” A demo recorded at George's home in Esher includes an unused verse:
I look at the trouble and see that it's raging, While my guitar gently weeps. As I'm sitting here, doing nothing but ageing, Still, my guitar gently weeps.
As well as an unused line in the very beginning:
The problems you sow, are the troubles you're reaping, Still, my guitar gently weeps.
This line was eventually omitted in favour of the one appearing on The Beatles. An early acoustic guitar/organ take of the song, released on Anthology 3 and also used as the basis of the Love remix, featured a slightly different third verse:
I look from the wings at the play you are staging, While my guitar gently weeps. As I'm sitting here, doing nothing but ageing, Still, my guitar gently weeps.
