This is a great song. It blew me away when I first heard it. The lyrics is unlike any other song. The song was first released in the Beatles white album, which in my opinion, is one of the better Beatles albums. However, I did not hear the Beatles version first--I heard the George Harrison solo version from the Concert from Bangladesh LP. I loved the concert version more, but later on I started to like the album version, too.
There are some good covers and bootleg versions available, too. The Jeff Healey cover is very good, and the alternate version in Anthology and love album is also nice to hear. I like the anthology version in particular as it slows down the tempo to a great extent.
To be honest, While My Guitar Gently Weeps doesn't sound like a Beatles song at all. The introductory guitar riff was written by no one other than the great Eric Clapton; a close friend of George. George wanted to make the song sound less like a Beatle tune. If you even compare the song with his other efforts in white album, i.e. Piggies, Savoy Truffle, Long, Long, Long; it sounds quite different. It's a fast song with lots of guitar solos and nice lyrics.
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