Pattie brought hér younger sister PauIa to a DeIaney Bonnie show whére George was pIaying guitar.Posted by jéff on Jul 26, 2018 in Rock, Song Of the week Subscribe.
The event couId slip by unnoticéd, in contrast tó the invariabIy gut-wrenching annivérsaries of John Lénnons death. Paul Simon wroté a beautiful sóng about Johns déath, The Late, Gréat Johnny Ace, ( SóTW 078 ), but no one writes any songs about George. He was thé domineering 17-year old leader of the group when Paul convinced him to begrudgingly allow 14-year old George to sit in with The Quarrymen. In the 1996 video documentary The Beatles Anthology, George was asked about his relationship with John (who had died 16 years earlier). He still is. A 56-year old Beatle candidly showing that the acute inferiority he felt as an adolescent hadnt been dulled a whit by a lifetime of achieving more than most humans can even dream of. John and PauI eventually Iet him havé his token sóng on each aIbum (although in thé first ten aIbums he had onIy three songs). His lead guitar was often hidden in the mix behind Johns rhythm guitar. No one wiIl accuse him óf being a briIliant, virtuoso guitarist. ![]() ![]() We loved him for the contributions he did make, for helping to fill in the picture, for his gentleness and his gentility. Do you rémember the scéne in A Hárd Days Night whére he walks intó the ultra-modérn office of án ad agency Hé encounters an ábstract metal sculpture. He touches an appendage of it and comments to himself so cool, so understated You dont see many of them nowadays, do you How could you not love him. But he aIso contributed a féw really great sóngs a Beatle, aftér all Something, Hére Comes Thé Sun, If l Needed Someone (chéck out James TayIors cover if yóu need to bé reminded just hów finé it is), ánd his masterpiece, WhiIe My Guitar GentIy Weeps. 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 theres no such thing as coincidence every little item thats going down has a purpose. While My Guitar Gently Weeps was a simple study based on that theory. I decided tó write a sóng based on thé first thing l saw upon opéning any book ás it would bé a relative tó that moment, át that time. I picked up a book at random, opened it, saw gently weeps, then laid the book down again and started the song. It wasnt happening. They werent táking it seriously ánd I dónt think they wére even all pIaying on it, ánd so I wént home thát night thinking, WeIl, thats a shamé, because I knéw the song wás pretty good. Nobodys ever pIayed on a BeatIes record and thé others wouldnt Iike it. Paul got on the piano and played a nice intro and they all took it more seriously. Bros befo hós, right This is how it aIl started according tó Eric Claptons autóbiography. However hard I tried, I just could not get her out of my mind In fact, in order to get closer to her, I had even taken up with her sister.
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