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Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard - The Beatles
Album: Abbey Road (1969)
Difficulty: Apprentice (1/6)
"Sun King" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. Written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the second song of the album's climactic medley. Like other tracks on the album (notably "Because") the song features lush multi-tracked vocal harmonies, provided by Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
"Mean Mr. Mustard" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the third track of the album's B-side medley. It was recorded with "Sun King" in one continuous piece.
Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard - The Beatles
Album: Abbey Road (1969)
Difficulty: Apprentice (1/6)
"Sun King" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. Written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the second song of the album's climactic medley. Like other tracks on the album (notably "Because") the song features lush multi-tracked vocal harmonies, provided by Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
"Mean Mr. Mustard" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the third track of the album's B-side medley. It was recorded with "Sun King" in one continuous piece.
![While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles: Rock Band Expert Drums 100% FC
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Album: The Beatles [White Album] (Disc 1) (1968)
Difficulty: Beginner (0/6)
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 bands lead guitarist. Harrison wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps as an exercise in randomness inspired by the Chinese I Ching. The song conveys his dismay at the worlds unrealised potential for universal love, which he refers to as the love there thats sleeping.
The song also 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 bands 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. Harrison first recorded it with a sparse backing of acoustic guitar and harmonium – a version that appeared on the 1996 Anthology 3 outtakes compilation and, with the addition of a string arrangement by George Martin, on the Love soundtrack album in 2006. The full group recording was made in September 1968, at which point the songs folk-based musical arrangement was replaced by a production in the heavy rock style. The recording was one of several collaborations between Harrison and Clapton during the late 1960s and was followed by the pair co-writing the song Badge for Claptons group Cream.
On release, the song received praise from several music critics, and it has since been recognised as an example of Harrisons maturing as a songwriter beside his Beatles bandmates John Lennon and Paul McCartney. 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. Claptons performance was ranked 42nd in Guitar Worlds 2008 list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. Harrison and Clapton often performed the song together live, during which they shared the lead guitar role over the closing section. Live versions featuring the pair were included on the Concert for Bangladesh album in 1971 and Live in Japan in 1992. Backed by a band that included McCartney and Ringo Starr, Clapton performed the song at the Concert for George in November 2002, a year after Harrisons death. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles: Rock Band Expert Drums 100% FC](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DPGwOXxK1iM/mqdefault.jpg)









