A Critical Analysis Of The Beatles And My Favorite Beatles

“What the hell you got, 1968, that makes you so damn superior, and gives me such a headache?!”(MacDermot,Rado & Ragni). The quote is from Hair the musical, which premiered on Broadway in April 1968, the same year that The Beatles was released. A young person in 1968 had a lot of things on her mind. People around her were being drafted to fight in what many believed to be an unjust war, and the hope for revolution seemed to be resulting in a difficult fight. Freedom, Peace, and Love were being campaigned and the Beatles were no exception to the rule. I grew up with the Beatles, my father coming home from work with new vinyl some days and constant playing of the songs whenever possible. The music was presented to me and I made my own conclusions. For this instance, I knew I had to attempt to provide a fitting examination on a song from “my favorite Beatle”, George. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by George Harrison is an uproar of instruments that together attempt to define an

He followed the eastern concept that does not believe in coincidence and decided to base the song on the first thing that he saw, which incidentally was the phrase “Gently Weeps” (The Beatles, 306). In The Beatles Anthology, George mentions that he felt discouraged since Paul and John were preoccupied with their own songs and not taking his song seriously. He invited his friend Eric Clapton, to play for the song at the recording session and the Beatles acted “nicer” and more compliant with the inclusion of a guest. George decided to include Clapton after attempts to capture the perfect “weeping sound”. Paul McCartney said, “I think George was keen to have him play it-which was nice of George because he could have played it himself and then it would have been him on the big hit” (The Beatles, 306). George puts his song before his pride and demonstrates his willingness to experiment for the sake of his