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Bates Motel (season 5)
Promotional poster and home media cover art
Starring
Vera Farmiga
Freddie Highmore
Max Thieriot
Olivia Cooke
Nestor Carbonell
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
10
Release
Original network
A&E
Original release
February 20 (2017-02-20) – April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 4
List of Bates Motel episodes
The fifth and final season[1] of Bates Motel premiered on February 20, 2017, and concluded on April 24, 2017. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on A&E.[2] The series itself is described as a "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. However, the final season of the series loosely adapts the plot of Psycho. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon.
Contents
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1 Cast and characters
1.1 Main
1.2 Special guest
1.3 Recurring
1.4 Guest
2 Production
2.1 Casting
2.2 Filming
3 Episodes
4 Reception
4.1 Critical response
4.2 Ratings
4.3 Awards and nominations
5 References
6 External links
Cast and characters[edit]
Main article: List of Bates Motel characters
Main[edit]
Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, and Max Thieriot (left to right) portray Norma Louise Bates, Norman Bates, and Dylan Massett, respectively.
Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell, and Rihanna (left to right) portray Emma Decody, Sheriff Alex Romero, and Marion Crane, respectively.
Vera Farmiga as Norma Louise Bates
Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates
Max Thieriot as Dylan Massett
Olivia Cooke as Emma Decody
Nestor Carbonell as Alex Romero
Special guest[edit]
Rihanna as Marion Crane
Recurring[edit]
Kenny Johnson as Caleb Calhoun
Ryan Hurst as Chick Hogan
Brooke Smith as Sheriff Jane Greene
Isabelle McNally as Madeleine Loomis
Austin Nichols as Sam Loomis
Jillian Fargey as Maggie Summers
Damon Gupton as Dr. Gregg Edwards
Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Julia Ramos
Guest[edit]
Carlton Cuse as Highway Patrol Officer
John Hainsworth as Jim Blackwell
Antonio Cayonne as Bruce Herman
Production[edit]
Casting[edit]
In June 2016, showrunner Kerry Ehrin confirmed the return of Kenny Johnson as Caleb Calhoun for the final season, in an interview with Deadline.com.[3] The following month, it was announced that Rihanna had been cast in the iconic role of Marion Crane.[4][5] In September 2016, Isabelle McNally joined the cast of the series, portraying the role of Madeleine Loomis, a young woman who resembles Norma.[6] That same month, Brooke Smith joined the cast as Sheriff Jane Greene.[7] In January 2017, Austin Nichols was cast in the role of Sam Loomis, a prominent role in both the source material and the film adaptation.[8] That same month, Ryan Hurst's return as Chick Hogan was reported.[9] In March 2017, it was revealed that series executive producer Carlton Cuse would appear as a police officer trailing Marion Crane.[10] That same month, Natalia Cordova-Buckley joined the cast as Julia Ramos, an attorney.[11]
Filming[edit]
The series was filmed on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film Psycho was built on 272nd Street.[12][13] Freddie Highmore was tapped to write an episode for the season, as well as direct an episode, marking his directorial debut.[14] Max Thieriot and Nestor Carbonell were also tapped to direct an episode each for season 5.[15]
Production on the season began on September 16, 2016.[16] The series filmed its final scenes at the specially-built Bates Motel set in Aldergrove on January 25, 2017, and production began tearing the house down the following day.[17][18] Carbonell filmed his final scenes as Sheriff Alex Romero on January 27, 2017.[19][20] Filming officially wrapped for the series on January 31, 2017.[21] In February 2017, the Bates Motel exterior set in Aldergrove was subsequently demolished.[22]
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Bates Motel episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)
41
1 "Dark Paradise" Tucker Gates Kerry Ehrin February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20) 1.34[23]
It has been two years since the death of Norma. Norman is now living alone and running the Bates Motel. He stays with his hallucination, "Mother", whom he believes faked her death to the rest of the world, while he is secretly keeping Norma's preserved corpse in the basement. Dylan and Emma are now married with an infant daughter, and are unaware of Norma's death. Caleb shows up, much to the stress of Dylan, so Emma asks Caleb to leave for Dylan's sake. Romero is in prison and is denied parole. Romero sends a hitman to kill Norman, but Norman murders him instead. He meets Madeleine Loomis, a young store-owner who resembles Norma. While "Mother" and Norman dispose of the hitman's body in a lake, the man's phone rings. Norman answers it to hear Romero's voice.
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2 "The Convergence of the Twain" Sarah Boyd Alyson Evans & Steve Kornacki February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) 1.28[24]
Norman visits Romero in prison and Romero warns that he will come for Norman. Norman goes to dinner with Madeleine and her husband Sam, who is cheating on her. "Mother" follows Norman and asks why he is having dinner with a girl who looks like her. Caleb returns to White Pine Bay, looking for Norma, but instead learns that Norma committed suicide over a year earlier. He breaks down with grief at her grave. Later, he and Chick have an altercation in a bar. Caleb says he knows Norman killed Norma, because she would never commit suicide, and vows to get revenge. He goes back to the Bates house and discovers Norma's frozen corpse in the basement. Norman, dressed as "Mother", attacks Caleb. Chick witnesses this, shocked.
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3 "Bad Blood" Sarah Boyd Tom Szentgyorgyi March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06) 1.28[25]
Caleb wakes to find himself chained in the basement of the Bates house. Norman, as "Mother", visits him to recount their history. This causes Caleb to slowly lose his mind. Chick, now aware of Norman's mental condition, remains at the house to research his true-crime novel based on Norman. Madeleine admits her troubled marriage to Norman, and they become friends. Romero is granted a transfer, following his prison fight. He escapes custody, only to be shot while trying to steal a car from a farm. "Mother" insists that Norman should kill Caleb, as she cannot do it. Norman sets Caleb free, but "Mother" chases him into the road, where a distracted Chick accidentally hits him with his car.
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4 "Hidden" Max Thieriot Torrey Speer March 13, 2017 (2017-03-13) 1.25[26]
Caleb dies from the accident and Chick cremates the body. The new sheriff is informed about Jim Blackwell skipping parole and questions Norman, as Blackwell had the house's address. Romero tends to his gunshot wounds before showing up at Maggie Summers' house. Chick tries to move into the Bates house, only to be turned away by Norman, who does not think Chick being there is a good idea. Norman and "Mother" continue to get into arguments, as Norman wants to have control over his own life. Madeleine invites Norman over to her house for dinner since Sam is out of town, and they start kissing. "Mother" appears and Norman visualizes Madeleine with her throat slit. He runs back home, calling for "Mother," who is not there.
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5 "Dreams Die First" Nestor Carbonell Erica Lipez & Kerry Ehrin March 20, 2017 (2017-03-20) 1.36[27]
Norman awakens to find no sign of his mother. Sheriff Greene informs him that Romero may come after him. In Seattle, Dylan explains to Emma why he cut off contact with Norma, revealing that Norman is sick and Emma's mother went missing after checking into the motel. Emma later discovers that Norma is dead. Sam's mistress, Marion Crane, goes on the run after stealing $400,000 from her boss; Madeleine confronts Sam about the affair. Norman encounters his old therapist, Dr. Edwards, and is faced again with the reality that Norma is dead and he assumes her persona. He visits the White Horse Bar, and is confused when the patrons recognize him from the night before. A man attempts to seduce him and Norman has a flashback of "Mother" and the man having sex. Panicking, he flees home just as Marion arrives at the Bates Motel.
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6 "Marion" Phil Abraham Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27) 1.30[28]
Norman greets Marion at the motel; Emma informs a shocked Dylan of his mother's death. After Norman and Marion eat dinner together, Norman spies on her as she undresses for her shower. He later reveals to her that Sam is married. When Marion sees Sam and Madeleine arguing at his house, she smashes his car windows in anger and returns to the motel. "Mother" tries to goad Norman into killing Marion, but Norman, unwilling to do this, fights back and forces Marion out of the motel before he can hurt her, saving her life. Marion leaves town as Sam shows up at her room. He decides to shower while waiting for her. When "Mother" compares Sam to Norman's father, Norman stabs Sam to death in the shower.
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7 "Inseparable" Steph Green Story by : Freddie Highmore & Erica Lipez
Teleplay by : Freddie Highmore April 3, 2017 (2017-04-03) 1.26[29]
"Mother" and Norman dispose of Sam's body, though Norman does not want to hallucinate "Mother" anymore. Sheriff Greene reveals that Jim Blackwell's body was recovered. Norman buries Norma's frozen corpse in the woods in case police investigate his house. Dylan arrives at the Bates' house and says that Norman should have told him about Norma's death, and to let him help Norman, as he sees that Norman is sick. Dylan learns that Dr. Edwards is missing and presumed dead, even though Norman said he'd met with him. Dylan then meets Madeleine, who is worried about a missing Sam. Dylan asks Norman about Sam and encourages him to take his medication, but "Mother" takes over and tries to kill Dylan. Norman intervenes, yelling that Dylan is his brother, and Dylan, in shock, watches him struggle with himself. Norman comes to, dials 911, and confesses to Sam's murder.
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8 "The Body" Freddie Highmore Erica Lipez April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) 1.23[30]
Norman is anxious to be arrested, fearing that he will see "Mother" and she will intervene. He is interrogated, and given his medication, but "Mother" forces him to vomit it out and takes full control of him. "Mother" blames Madeleine for Sam's murder and says Norman confessed to take the fall for her. Dylan gets a lawyer and explains that Norman is not a criminal nor a bad person - he is mentally ill and needs a mental institution. Emma's mother's body is also found and identified from the lake, confirming Dylan's suspicion about Norman killing her. Romero returns to the Bates' property and finds Chick, who has set up his writing desk in the house. Chick is killed by Romero after mocking him and the entire situation. Sam's body is found next, and Norman, with "Mother" still in control, is charged with three murders.
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9 "Visiting Hours" Olatunde Osunsanmi Scott Kosar April 17, 2017 (2017-04-17) 1.22[31]
Norman's attorney suggests entering an insanity plea, as he could be put to death if convicted. Emma arrives to see Dylan but is unsure whether the two of them will make it when Dylan takes his brother's side. After seeing the evidence presented at Norman's hearing, Madeleine asks Dylan how he can live with himself after knowing Norman was sick and still leaving him to do what he did. Emma decides to go back home, but not before going to see Norman. She instantly realizes he is in "Mother's" persona, and so asks him to tell the real Norman that she misses him. Romero discovers where Norman is and forces the officers to release him. He forces Norman into Norman's car and orders him to take them to Norma's body.
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10 "The Cord" Tucker Gates Kerry Ehrin & Carlton Cuse April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24) 1.41[32]
"Mother" leads Romero to Norma's body and as Romero mourns over it, Norman subdues him and shoots him with his own gun. Before Romero dies, he tells Norman that Norman will never be able to escape from the fact that he killed his own mother. "Mother" tells Norman that with Romero dead and now that he really knows the truth - that he killed her - there is nothing left to protect him from, and she leaves him for good. Unable to handle this, Norman's mind regresses to when they first moved to the motel. Under that delusion, he takes Norma's body back to the house and invites Dylan for dinner. Dylan does not inform the police. Instead, armed with a gun, he goes. After seeing Norma's corpse at the dinner table, Dylan begs Norman to face reality but Norman is unwilling to live without his mother. Dylan is forced to fatally shoot him when Norman charges at him with a knife. Norman dies in Dylan's arms and thanks Dylan for letting him reunite with Norma in death. The motel and house are sold, and Dylan and Emma make a happy life together with their daughter in Seattle.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The season has received positive reviews from television critics. It received 81 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[33] Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 8 out of 8 critical responses were positive, averaging a 100% rating.[34]
Ratings[edit]
Overall, the fifth season of Bates Motel averaged 1.29 million viewers, with a 0.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic.[35]
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Dark Paradise" February 20, 2017 0.5 1.34[23] 0.5 1.19 1.0 2.53[36]
2 "The Convergence of the Twain" February 27, 2017 0.4 1.28[24] N/A N/A N/A N/A
3 "Bad Blood" March 6, 2017 0.5 1.28[25] 0.5 1.31 1.0 2.60[37]
4 "Hidden" March 13, 2017 0.4 1.25[26] 0.6 1.38 1.0 2.63[38]
5 "Dreams Die First" March 20, 2017 0.5 1.36[27] 0.5 1.35 1.0 2.71[39]
6 "Marion" March 27, 2017 0.5 1.30[28] 0.6 1.38 1.1 2.68[40]
7 "Inseparable" April 3, 2017 0.4 1.26[29] 0.6 1.40 1.0 2.65[41]
8 "The Body" April 10, 2017 0.4 1.23[30] 0.6 1.34 1.0 2.57[42]
9 "Visiting Hours" April 17, 2017 0.4 1.23[31] 0.5 1.33 0.9 2.56[43]
10 "The Cord" April 24, 2017 0.5 1.41[32] 0.4 N/A 0.9[A][44] N/A
A ^ Cable Live +3 data is used here as Live +7 was not made available.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Bates Motel
In its fifth and final season, Bates Motel was nominated for one award.
Year
Awards
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.
2017 8th Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Freddie Highmore Nominated [45]
The listed years are of television release, annual ceremonies are usually held the following year
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Birnbaum, Debra (July 22, 2016). "Comic-Con: 'Bates Motel' to End After Five Seasons". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Snetiker, Marc (January 3, 2017). "Bates Motel sets final check-in date". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ Grobar, Matt (June 15, 2016). "'Bates Motel' On Set: Showrunners And Stars On Freddie Highmore's Writing Debut". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
Jump up ^ Petski, Denise (July 22, 2016). "Rihanna To Play Iconic 'Psycho' Role In 'Bates Motel' Fifth & Final Season – Comic-Con". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Birnbaum, Debra; Halterman, Jim (July 22, 2016). "Rihanna Joins 'Bates Motel' in Janet Leigh Role". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael (September 21, 2016). "Bates Motel Season 5: House of Cards Actress Cast as Norma's Doppelganger". TVLine. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael (September 22, 2016). "Bates Motel Elects Grey's Anatomy Alum Brooke Smith (New) Sheriff". TVLine. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Petski, Denise (January 9, 2017). "'Bates Motel': 'The Walking Dead's Austin Nichols To Recur on Season 5". Deadline.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ Lesnick, Silas (January 9, 2017). "Go a Little Mad with the Bates Motel Season 5 Trailer". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ Birnbaum, Debra (March 6, 2017). "'Bates Motel': Carlton Cuse's Surprising Cameo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ Birnbaum, Debra (March 21, 2017). "'Agents of Shield' Star Natalia Cordova-Buckley Joins 'Bates Motel' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
Jump up ^ Turnquist, Kristi (March 26, 2013). "'Bates Motel': What's going on in that bucolic Oregon coastal town". OregonLive.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ "BATES MOTEL Set in Aldergrove is Spitting Image of Alfred Hitchcock's Set in Psycho – Updated". YVR Shoots. November 15, 2012.
Jump up ^ Pena, Jessica (November 10, 2016). "Bates Motel: Freddie Highmore Talks About the Final Season". TV Series Finale. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Marie, April (July 27, 2016). "#SDCC16: Bates Motel Cast Bittersweet About Series End; Excited for Rihanna as Marion Crane". Dread Central. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Gittins, Susan (September 21, 2016). "SHOOT: BATES MOTEL Final Season's First Day at Motel & House Set in Aldergrove". YVR Shoots.
Jump up ^ Gittins, Susan (January 25, 2017). "SERIES FINALE: BATES MOTEL's Last Day at its Aldergrove House & Motel Set". YVR Shoots.
Jump up ^ Gittins, Susan (January 26, 2017). "SERIES FINALE: BATES MOTEL Tears Down Gothic House Set. Motel Stays For Now". YVR Shoots.
Jump up ^ Gittins, Susan (January 27, 2017). "SERIES FINALE: Nestor Carbonell (aka Romero)'s Last Day on BATES MOTEL". YVR Shoots.
Jump up ^ Saclao, Christian (January 28, 2017). "'Bates Motel' Nestor Carbonell Thanks Vera Farmiga As He Wraps Filming On A&E Series". Yahoo! News.
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Jump up ^ Brown, Scott (February 4, 2017). "Hollywood North: The Bates Motel gets hit by the wrecking ball (gallery)". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
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^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (February 28, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Bates Motel' and 'WWE Raw' tick down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (March 7, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Bates Motel' ticks up, 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' premieres on top". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (March 16, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' and 'Bates Motel' dip". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (March 21, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Bates Motel' ticks up, 'WWE Raw' stays strong". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (March 28, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Street Outlaws' ticks up, 'Bates Motel' holds steady". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (April 4, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'WWE Raw' leads, 'Love & Hip Hop' dips". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (April 11, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Better Call Saul' premieres low, 'Love & Hip Hop' ticks up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (April 18, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Better Call Saul' hits series low, 'Bates Motel' holds steady". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (April 25, 2017). "Monday cable ratings: 'Bates Motel' series finale rises, 'WWE Raw' dips". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Bates Motel: Season 5 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
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Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (March 9, 2017). "'The Walking Dead' makes its lead even bigger in cable Live +7 ratings for Feb. 20-26". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (March 24, 2017). "'The Americans' premiere triples in cable Live +7 ratings for March 6-12". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (March 30, 2017). "'The Walking Dead' makes up for losses in cable Live +7 ratings for March 13-19". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (April 6, 2017). "'Major Crimes' makes major gains in cable Live +7 ratings for March 20-26". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (April 13, 2017). "'Underground' makes a big leap in cable Live +7 ratings for March 27-April 2". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (April 20, 2017). "'Archer' premiere doubles in cable Live +7 ratings for April 3-9". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (April 26, 2017). "'Better Call Saul' makes big gains in cable Live +7 ratings for April 10-16". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (May 4, 2017). "'Fargo' premiere makes solid gains in cable Live +7 ratings for April 17-23". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (May 7, 2017). "NFL Draft leads, 'Better Call Saul' jumps: Cable Live +3 ratings for April 24-30". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
Jump up ^ Kilday, Gregg (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape of Water' Leads With 14 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
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Artist
Salvador Dalí
Year
1951
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
205 cm × 116 cm (80.7 in × 45.67 in)
Location
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1951. It depicts Jesus Christ on the cross in a darkened sky floating over a body of water complete with a boat and fishermen. Although it is a depiction of the crucifixion, it is devoid of nails, blood, and a crown of thorns, because, according to Dalí, he was convinced by a dream that these features would mar his depiction of Christ. Also in a dream, the importance of depicting Christ in the extreme angle evident in the painting was revealed to him.
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Title[edit]
Crucifixion sketch by St. John of the Cross, c. 1550, which inspired Dalí
The painting is known as the Christ of Saint John of the Cross, because its design is based on a drawing by the 16th-century Spanish friar John of the Cross. The composition of Christ is also based on a triangle and circle (the triangle is formed by Christ's arms; the circle is formed by Christ's head). The triangle, since it has three sides, can be seen as a reference to the Trinity, and the circle may be an allusion to Platonic thought. The circle represents Unity: all things do exist in the "three" but in the four, merry they be.[1]
Inspiration[edit]
On the bottom of his studies for the painting, Dalí explained its inspiration: "In the first place, in 1950, I had a 'cosmic dream' in which I saw this image in colour and which in my dream represented the 'nucleus of the atom.' This nucleus later took on a metaphysical sense; I considered it 'the very unity of the universe,' the Christ!"[2]
In order to create the figure of Christ, Dalí had Hollywood stuntman Russell Saunders suspended from an overhead gantry, so he could see how the body would appear from the desired angle [3] and also envisage the pull of gravity on the human body. The depicted body of water is the bay of Port Lligat, Dalí's residence at the time of the painting.[4]
History[edit]
The painting and intellectual property rights were acquired for Glasgow Corporation in the early 1950s by Tom Honeyman, then the Director of Glasgow Museums. Honeyman bought the painting for £8,200, a price considered high at the time although it was less than the £12,000 catalogue price, and included the copyright, which has earned Glasgow Museums back the original cost many times over.[5]
The purchase was controversial and a petition against it, arguing that the money should be spent on exhibition space for local artists, was presented to the City Council by students at Glasgow School of Art.[6] The controversy caused Honeyman and Dalí to become friends, corresponding with each other for many years after the original acquisition.[3]
The painting first went on display at the city's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on 23 June 1952. In 1961 a visitor attacked the painting with a stone and tore the canvas with his hands.[7] It was successfully restored over several months by conservators at Kelvingrove and returned to public display.[8] In 1993, the painting was moved to the city's St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, but returned to Kelvingrove for its reopening in July 2006. It won a poll to decide Scotland's favourite painting in 2006, with 29% of the vote.[9]
It is said that the Spanish government offered £80 million ($127 million USD) for the painting.[10]
Critical reception[edit]
This painting has continued to generate controversy. At the time of its purchase by Honeyman, the verdict by modern art critics was that producing such a traditional painting was a stunt by an artist already famous for his surrealist art.[5] In 2009 The Guardian art critic, Jonathan Jones, described it as "kitsch and lurid", but noted that the painting was "for better or worse, probably the most enduring vision of the crucifixion painted in the 20th century."[11]
In May 2013, in BBC Radio 4's Great Lives, British poet John Cooper Clarke described this image as being utterly different from any other image of the crucifixion, as the angle of view conveys the hanging pain of this method of execution, whilst hiding the ordinarily clichéd facial expressions normally seen in such depictions.[12]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Gaultier, Alyse. The Little Book of Dalí. Paris: Flammarion, 2004.
Jump up ^ Descharnes, Robert. Dalí. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003.
^ Jump up to: a b Davies, Gill Davies (23 June 2011). "Scotland's favourite painting: Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross". BBC Scotland.
Jump up ^ Meisler, Stanley (April 2005). "The Surreal World of Salvador Dalí". Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
^ Jump up to: a b "Salvador Dali's 'Christ of St John of the Cross' Scotland's Favorite". Art Knowledge News. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
Jump up ^ "Controversy". Glasgow Museums. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
Jump up ^ "Dali painting to be shown in New York. "Special Insurance" by Exhibitor". The Glasgow Herald. 22 September 1965. p. 5. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Jump up ^ Polly Smith, Senior Conservator (8 Jul 2011). How to Restore a Salvador Dali Masterpiece. Glasgow Museums. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
Jump up ^ "Salvador Dali's 'Christ of St John of the Cross' Wins Herald Poll", GlasgowMuseums.com, 30 August 2005.
Jump up ^ Ross, Peter (2 July 2006). "Palace of dreams — That's how Kelvingrove was described ..." The Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
Jump up ^ Jones, Jonathan (27 January 2009). "Kitsch and lurid but also a glimpse of a strange soul". The Guardian.
Jump up ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Series 30, Salvador Dali". Great Lives. BBC. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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Swans Reflecting Elephants (1937)
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The Apotheosis of Homer (1945)
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Galatea of the Spheres (1952)
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory (1952–1954)
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Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity (1954)
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Living Still Life (1956)
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Mae West Lips Sofa (1937)
Rainy Taxi (1938)
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Être Dieu (1985)
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L'Age d'Or (1930)
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Cover of the Apple Publishing sheet music
Song by the Beatles
from the album The Beatles
Published
Harrisongs
Released
22 November 1968 (1968-11-22)
Recorded
5–6 September 1968[1]
Studio
EMI Studios, London
Genre
Hard rock,[2] blues[3]
Length
4:46
Label
Apple
Songwriter(s)
George Harrison
Producer(s)
George Martin
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"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 band's lead guitarist. The song 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 band's 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.[4]
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 world's unrealised potential for universal love, which he refers to as "the love there that's sleeping". 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 song's 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 Clapton's group Cream.
On release, the song received praise from several music critics, and it has since been recognised as an example of Harrison's continued maturity 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",[5] seventh on the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time",[6] and at number 10 on its list of "The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs".[7][8] Clapton's performance was ranked 42nd in Guitar World's 2008 list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos".[9] In 2011 it was voted the sixth best collaboration of all time in a Rolling Stone readers poll.[10] Harrison and Clapton often performed the song together live, during which they shared the lead guitarist's 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 Harrison's death.
Contents
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1 Background and inspiration
2 Composition
2.1 Music
2.2 Lyrics
3 Recording
3.1 Early attempts and basic track
3.2 Overdubs
3.3 Mixing
4 Release and reception
5 Harrison live performances
6 Cover versions
7 2016 music video
8 Personnel
9 Notes
10 References
11 Sources
12 External links
Background and inspiration[edit]
The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be ... every little item that's going down has a purpose. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was a simple study based on that theory ... I picked up a book at random, opened it, saw "gently weeps", then laid the book down again and started the song.[11]
– George Harrison
George Harrison wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" after his return from India, where the Beatles had been studying Transcendental Meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during the spring of 1968. The visit had allowed Harrison to re-engage with the guitar as his primary instrument, after focusing on the Indian sitar for the previous two years,[12] and also marked the start of a prolific period for him as a songwriter.[13][14] Inspiration for the song came to him when he was visiting his parents in Warrington, Cheshire, and he began reading the I Ching, or "The Book of Changes".[11] As Harrison put it, "[the book] seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else, as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental."[15] Embracing this idea of relativism, he committed to writing a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a book, which happened to be "gently weeps".[16] Harrison continued to work on the lyrics after this initial writing session.[15]
The song reflects the disharmonious atmosphere within the Beatles following their return from India.[17][18] Harrison had led the band in their highly publicised endorsement of Transcendental Meditation[19][20] and viewed this spiritual pursuit as superior in importance to their career momentum.[21] When discussing another song he wrote at this time, "Not Guilty", Harrison said it referred to "the grief I was catching" from John Lennon and Paul McCartney for leading them to Rishikesh[22] and supposedly hindering the group's career and the launch of their Apple record label.[23] Eric Clapton, with whom Harrison collaborated on several recordings throughout 1968 as a distraction from the Beatles,[24] said that "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" conveyed Harrison's spiritual isolation within the group.[25][nb 1] Author Jonathan Gould writes that, although in the past each of the Beatles had become temporarily subsumed in fads and personal interests, the level of Harrison's commitment to Indian spirituality as an alternative to the band was unprecedented.[28]
A demo that Harrison recorded at his 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 …"[29] This version also includes the line "The problems you sow are the troubles you're reaping", which he similarly discarded. An early acoustic guitar and harmonium performance of the song features 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 …"[29] This version was released on the 1996 compilation Anthology 3 and was used as the basis of the 2006 Love remix, with a string arrangement by George Martin.[30]
Composition[edit]
Music[edit]
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was one of the few Beatles compositions from early 1968 that changed markedly from demo form to the official recording.[31] Harrison's demos suggest the influence of folk music, yet the Beatles' version is in the heavy rock style typical of much of the band's late 1960s work.[32] While noting the importance of Harrison's return to the guitar during this period, Gould describes the song as "virtually a declaration of his recommitment to rock".[33]
The song as originally issued by the Beatles is in the key of A minor,[34] changing to A major over the bridges.[35] Aside from the intro, the composition is structured into two rounds of verse and bridge, with an instrumental passage extending the second of these verse sections, followed by a final verse and a long instrumental passage that fades out on the released recording.[35] All the sections consist of an even sixteen bars or measures, which are divided into four phrases.[35]
The chord progression over the verses includes a shift to a ♭7 (Am/G) on "all" (bass note G) and a 6 (D9 (major 3rd F♯)) after "love" (bass note F♯) to a ♭6 (Fmaj7) on "sleeping" (bass note F). According to musicologist Dominic Pedler, the 8–♭7–6–♭6 progression represents a hybrid of the Aeolian and Dorian modes.[36] The change to the parallel major key is heralded by a C chord as the verse's penultimate chord (replacing the D used in the second phrase of each verse) before the E that leads into the bridge.[35] Musicologist Alan Pollack views this combination of C and E as representing a sense of "arrival", after which the bridge contains "upward [harmonic] gestures" that contrast with the bass descents that dominate the verse.[35] Such contrasts are limited by the inclusion of minor triads (III, VI and II) played over the E chord that ends the bridge's second and fourth phrases.[37]
Lyrics[edit]
In his lyrics to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", Harrison revisits the theme of universal love and the philosophical concerns that were evident in his overtly Indian-influenced compositions, particularly "Within You Without You".[38] The song is a lament for how a universal love for humankind is latent in all individuals yet remains unrealised.[38][39] In the description of theologian Dale Allison, the song "conveys spiritual angst and an urgent religious point of view without being explicitly theological".[40] Harrison sings of surveying "you all" and seeing "the love there that's sleeping".[41] Musicologist Walter Everett comments that the change from the minor-mode verse to the parallel major might express hope that "unrealized potential" described in the lyrics is to be "fulfilled", but the continued minor triads "seem to express a strong dismay that love is not to be unfolded".[37] During the bridges, Harrison adopts a repetitive rhyming scheme in the style of Bob Dylan[42] to convey how humankind has become distracted from its ability to manifest this love.[41] He sings of people that have been "inverted" and "perverted" from their natural perspective.[43]
According to Harrison biographer Joshua Greene, the song's message reflects the pessimism encouraged by world events throughout 1968, such as the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in the United States, and the Soviet Russian oppression of Czechoslovakia.[44][nb 2] Allison writes that the lyrics represent the "antithesis of spiritual triumphalism", in which Harrison "mourns because love has not conquered all".[43]
Recording[edit]
Early attempts and basic track[edit]
The Beatles recorded "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" several times during the sessions for their self-titled double album, also known as "the White Album".[46] The recording sessions, which began in late May 1968, were characterised by a lack of cooperation among the four band members,[47][48] and by what Lennon's bandmates regarded as the overly intrusive presence of his new romantic partner, Yoko Ono.[49][50] In this atmosphere, Harrison had initially been reluctant to present his new compositions to the group.[51][52] Take 1 on 25 July – the version later issued on Anthology 3 – was a solo performance by Harrison, playing his Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, with an overdubbed harmonium part.[30][37][nb 3]
Sessions on 16 August and 5 September produced full band recordings of the song. In the case of the 16 August version, an overdubbing session on 3 September marked the first time that the Beatles had used eight-track recording at EMI Studios.[51][55] At the same session, Harrison overdubbed a backwards (or "backmasked") guitar solo, as he had done two years before on "I'm Only Sleeping", on the Revolver album, but he was not satisfied with the results.[56] The Beatles then remade the basic track on 5 September[37] – a session that marked Ringo Starr's return to the group after he had walked out on 22 August, upset at the unpleasant atmosphere.[57] While Harrison led the band in welcoming back their drummer, by installing a large flower display all over Starr's drum kit,[58] he continued to think that his bandmates were not giving their best to the song.[59][60]
Overdubs[edit]
Clapton had given Harrison his red Gibson Les Paul shortly before the session and subsequently used it on the song.
On 6 September, during a ride from Surrey into London, Harrison asked Clapton to play guitar on the track. Clapton, who recognised Harrison's talent as a songwriter,[61] and considered that his abilities had long been held back by Lennon and McCartney,[62] was nevertheless reluctant to participate; he later recalled that his initial response was: "I can't do that. Nobody ever plays on Beatles records."[63] Harrison convinced him, and Clapton's lead guitar part, played on Harrison's Gibson Les Paul electric guitar "Lucy" (a recent gift from Clapton), was overdubbed that evening.[4][64] Recalling the session in his 2007 autobiography, Clapton says that, while Lennon and McCartney were "fairly non-committal", he thought the track "sounded fantastic", adding: "I knew George was happy, because he listened to it over and over in the control room."[65]
Harrison recalled that Clapton's presence also ensured that his bandmates "tr[ied] a bit harder" and "were all on their best behaviour".[4] The Beatles carried out the remaining overdubs, which included an ascending piano motif, played by McCartney, over the introduction,[66] Hammond organ by Harrison, and further percussion by Starr.[64] McCartney also added a second bass part, played on his Fender Jazz Bass[66] rather than on either of his preferred Höfner or Rickenbacker models.
Mixing[edit]
Still wary that his contribution might present too much of a departure from the band's sound, Clapton requested that Harrison give the lead guitar track a more "Beatley" sound when mixing the song.[67][68] During final mixing for the White Album, on 14 October,[67] the guitar part was run through an ADT circuit with "varispeed", with engineer Chris Thomas manipulating the oscillator to achieve the desired "wobbly" effect.[69][nb 4] According to Everett, Lennon's tremolo-rich guitar part, recorded on 5 September, was retained only in the song's coda.[71]
Clapton's guitar contribution has been described as making this a "monumental" track. As particularly notable features, Everett highlights the increasing lengths of thrice-heard first scale degrees (0:17–0:19), the restraint shown by rests in many bars then unexpected appearances (as at 0:28–0:29), commanding turnaround phrases (0:31–0:33), expressive string bends marking modal changes from C to C♯ (0:47–0:53), power retransition (1:21–1:24), emotive vibrato (2:01–2:07), and a solo (1:55–2:31) with a "measured rise in intensity, rhythmic activity, tonal drive and registral climb".[66] In October 1968, Harrison reciprocated by co-writing "Badge" with Clapton and playing on Cream's recording of the track.[72][73] Released on Cream's final album, Goodbye, "Badge" reflected Harrison's pop sensibilities[73] and helped Clapton transition from the heavy blues style and its reliance on extended soloing, and onto the more song-based approach that he and Harrison admired in the Band's 1968 album Music from Big Pink.[74]
Release and reception[edit]
Apple Records released The Beatles on 22 November 1968.[75] One of four Harrison compositions on the double album, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was sequenced as the penultimate track on side one in the LP format,[76] between Lennon's "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" and "Happiness Is a Warm Gun".[77][78] The song was issued as the B-side of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da",[79] a McCartney-written song that had also tested the Beatles' patience during the White Album sessions.[80][81] This single was an international hit, topping charts in Australia, Austria, Switzerland[82] and West Germany,[83] but was not released in Britain or the United States.[54][79][nb 5]
LP cover of The Beatles. Some music critics have recognised "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as a highlight of the Beatles' 1968 double album.
According to music critic Tim Riley, Harrison's writing contributions "regain[ed] the promise" evident in his three songs on the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver.[85] Recalling the release in his 1977 book The Beatles Forever, Nicholas Schaffner said that, in returning to pop/rock songwriting after his excursions into the Indian classical style, Harrison's four White Album songs "firmly established him as a contender" beside Lennon and McCartney. In Schaffner's description, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was the most instantly popular of "a quartet of more conventionally accessible pop songs [written by Harrison] that many felt were among the finest on the album".[86]
Among contemporary reviews, Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone said that "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was "one of George Harrison's very best songs", and likened it to "Blue Jay Way" in that it "recalls California, the simple Baja California beat, the dreamy words of the Los Angeles haze, the organic pace lapping around every room as if in invisible waves". Wenner found the lyrics "slightly self-righteous and preaching", representing "a general set of incidents, a message, like a sermon, impersonally directed to everyone", and concluded: "I am willing to bet something substantial that the lead guitarist on this cut is Eric Clapton, yet another involution of the circular logic on which this song [is] so superbly constructed as a musical piece."[87] In his review for the International Times, Barry Miles said the song was a "great tune" with "nice hi-hats" but a "lifeless" guitar part.[88] Alan Smith of the NME credited the "warm voice" and "very strong melody" to McCartney and said that the track was one of the "highlights ... moving into a slightly Hendrix thing" and was bound to be "Another hit for somebody".[89] Three weeks later, Smith acknowledged that the singer and composer was in fact Harrison, and added: "the words are evocative and the melody line is creeping into my mind to stay."[90] Geoffrey Cannon wrote in The Guardian: "George Harrison has seen the truth, and is anxious that we should see our truth. He's a preacher, man of fire. When his songs speak of 'you', the address is direct. He achieves his character in 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', which, with Phil Ochs's 'Tape from California', is the first track I know that succeeds in making magnanimous love serious and touching."[91]
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" became a staple of US rock radio during the early 1970s,[92] on a par with songs such as "Layla" by Clapton's short-lived band Derek and the Dominos, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again".[85] In 1973, it appeared on the Beatles' double album compilation 1967–1970,[93] as one of only three tracks representing the White Album.[94] Capitol Records included it on The Best of George Harrison in 1976;[95] a year before this, Harrison released a sequel to the song, titled "This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)", which also served as the final single issued by Apple in its original incarnation.[96][97] The Beatles' recording also appeared on the soundtrack to Withnail and I, a 1987 comedy film set in late-1960s London and produced by Harrison's company HandMade Films.[98]
Despite his reluctance to record "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", McCartney later identified it as one of his favourite selections on the 1995–96 Anthology outtakes series,[99] and he grouped the song with "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" as candidates for Harrison's "greatest track".[100] Starr paired it with "Something" as "Two of the finest love songs ever written", adding: "they're really on a par with what John and Paul or anyone else of that time wrote."[100] In their written tributes to Harrison following his death in November 2001, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards each expressed their admiration for the song.[101] Jagger said: "It's lovely, plaintive. Only a guitar player could write that ..."[102]
Harrison live performances[edit]
Harrison and Clapton performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the 1987 Prince's Trust Concert in London
Harrison played "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at every one of his comparatively rare concerts as a solo artist. Writing for Mojo in 2003, Ashley Kahn attributed the track's "classic" status to its evocation of "a band falling out of harmony" and, with regard to the enduring musical bond between Harrison and Clapton, its standing as "their song".[103] At Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh, held at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1 August 1971, Clapton performed the song on a Gibson Byrdland, a hollow-body guitar more suited to jazz[104] or country music than rock.[105] He later said that this was a poor decision and, as with his substandard playing at the event, one indicative of his descent into heroin addiction.[105][106][nb 6]
The version performed by Harrison during his set at the 1987 Prince's Trust Concert reunited him with Starr and Clapton,[108] and features an extended coda with the guitars of Harrison and Clapton interweaving. On their 1991 tour of Japan, Harrison and Clapton performed "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with additional background vocals. An edit combining parts of the 14 December and 17 December Tokyo Dome performances of the song was included on Harrison's 1992 double album Live in Japan.[109]
Harrison also featured the song in the set list for his only other tour as a solo artist, a series of North American concerts over November–December 1974 with Ravi Shankar.[110] Harrison shared the lead guitarist's role with Robben Ford, often extending the piece to eight minutes.[111] While it was a popular inclusion in a set list that barely acknowledged Harrison's past as a former Beatle, his alteration of some of the lyrics – so that his guitar "gently smiles" and "tries to smile" – disappointed many concert-goers and reviewers.[110][112] Author Simon Leng comments that on Harrison's return to Madison Square Garden towards the end of the tour, his playing on the song nevertheless received a standing ovation.[113]
Cover versions[edit]
Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey covered "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on his 1990 album Hell to Pay. Harrison participated in the recording, contributing on acoustic guitar and backing vocals.[114] Also issued as a single, Healey's version peaked at number 27 in Canada,[115] number 85 in the UK[116] and number 25 in New Zealand.[117]
During the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II concert at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002, McCartney performed the song with Clapton, as a tribute to Harrison.[118] The performance appears on the DVD release Party at the Palace.[119] On 29 November the same year, Clapton, McCartney, Starr, Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Marc Mann performed "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the Concert for George in memory of Harrison.[118] This version showcased Clapton singing the lead vocal while McCartney provided background vocals and piano; Mann played Clapton's original fills and the mid-song solo. Author Ian Inglis writes that while Clapton was already "permanently associated" with "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" due to his presence on the White Album recording and the Concert for Bangladesh and Live in Japan versions, Clapton's long, closing solo at the Concert for George contained "perhaps the most expressive" playing of all these versions.[120]
American musician Todd Rundgren covered "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the 2003 album Songs from the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison. Rundgren said of his contribution to the multi-artist tribute: "[Before the Beatles], I'd never heard the term 'lead guitarist.' George created the job description for my first paying gig, the vocation that I'm still lucky enough to practice today …"[121] Johnny Loftus of AllMusic views the recording as one of the collection's highlights, saying that Rundgren "effortlessly replicates the grandeur" of the Beatles' track.[122] As his personal tribute to Harrison,[123] Peter Frampton released a version of the song on his 2003 album Now.[124]
In 2004, when Harrison was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was played in tribute by a large band that included Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Marc Ma]], Dhani Harrison and Steve Ferrone.[118] The performance concluded with an extended guitar solo by Prince, who was also being inducted into the Hall of Fame.[125][126]
Among other cover versions, the song has also been recorded by guitarists such as Marc Ribot, Phish and Charlie Byrd, and on ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro.[127][128] Toto did a cover version for their album Through the Looking Glass and in a live performance in Live in Amsterdam.[127] Santana did a cover for his twentieth album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time, in 2010, featuring singer India Arie and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.[129] Released as a single, it charted on Billboard's Adult Contemporary.[130] In 2016, Regina Spektor performed the song for the soundtrack to the film Kubo and the Two Strings, accompanied by Kevin Kmetz on a shamisen.
2016 music video[edit]
In June 2016, Apple Corps and Cirque du Soleil released a music video for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". The video was created for the tenth anniversary re-staging of Cirque du Soleil's Love theatrical production.[131] The video was directed by Dandypunk, André Kasten and Leah Moyer. Ryan Reed, describing the clip for rollingstone.com, wrote that "Dandypunk's hand-drawn illustrations depict Harrison's lyrics falling off the page into the air, transporting LOVE performer Eira Glover into a series of fantastical locations. Projection mapping – and no CGI – was used to create the clip."[132]
Personnel[edit]
According to Ian MacDonald,[133] Walter Everett[71] and John Winn:[64]
White Album version
George Harrison – double-tracked vocals, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, Hammond organ
John Lennon – electric guitar with tremolo
Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, piano, bass guitar
Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, castanets
Eric Clapton – lead guitar
Anthology 3 version
George Harrison – vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – organ
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Having contributed to "Ski-ing" on Harrison's debut solo album, Wonderwall Music, in January 1968, Clapton played on "Sour Milk Sea", a song that Harrison wrote and produced for his Apple Records signing Jackie Lomax.[26] Another Harrison composition from 1968, "Savoy Truffle", was inspired by Clapton's love of chocolate.[27]
Jump up ^ Greene comments that "Wilting Flowers" was the title of Time magazine's article summarising the year.[44] By contrast, at the start of 1968, Life had declared it "the Year of the Guru", partly as a result of the Beatles' championing of Eastern religion,[21] and had featured the Maharishi on the cover of the magazine.[45]
Jump up ^ This version remained in EMI's archives through the 1980s.[52] It was first presented for public hearing when Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Studios) hosted The Beatles at Abbey Road in 1983,[30] at which point EMI reported that Harrison was keen that the song be released "as soon as possible".[53] When remixing the recording for inclusion on the planned Sessions compilation album in 1984, however (and as later heard on Anthology 3),[54] Geoff Emerick chose to loop and repeat Harrison's concluding guitar phrase into a fadeout, and increased the volume of the harmonium.[30]
Jump up ^ In Ken Scott's recollection, the need to manually work the ADT oscillation was a result of the Beatles' impatience to use EMI's new eight-track recording equipment. The company's technical engineers had yet to carry out the conversion necessary to allow the effect to be applied automatically.[70]
Jump up ^ "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was listed with "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", as a double A-side, when the single topped Australia's Go-Set National Top 40 chart.[84]
Jump up ^ This 1971 performance of the song was included on Harrison's 2009 compilation album Let It Roll.[107]
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The Beatles (White Album)
Songs
Side one
"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"Dear Prudence"
"Glass Onion"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
"Wild Honey Pie"
"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
Side two
"Martha My Dear"
"I'm So Tired"
"Blackbird"
"Piggies"
"Rocky Raccoon"
"Don't Pass Me By"
"Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
"I Will"
"Julia"
Side three
"Birthday"
"Yer Blues"
"Mother Nature's Son"
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
"Sexy Sadie"
"Helter Skelter"
"Long, Long, Long"
Side four
"Revolution 1"
"Honey Pie"
"Savoy Truffle"
"Cry Baby Cry"
"Revolution 9"
"Good Night"
Non-album single
"Hey Jude
Revolution"
Outtakes
"A Beginning"
"Child of Nature"
"Circles"
"Etcetera"
"Junk"
"Not Guilty"
"Sour Milk Sea"
"What's the New Mary Jane"
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The Beatles singles discography
UK and US
(all labels)
1963
"Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why"
"From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl"
"She Loves You" / "I'll Get You"
1964
"Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That"
"I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman"
1965
"Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is"
"Help!" / "I'm Down"
"We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper"
1966
"Paperback Writer" / "Rain"
"Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"
1967
"Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever"
"All You Need Is Love" / "Baby, You're a Rich Man"
"Hello, Goodbye" / "I Am the Walrus"
1968
"Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light"
"Hey Jude" / "Revolution"
1969
"Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down"
"The Ballad of John and Yoko" / "Old Brown Shoe"
"Something" / "Come Together"
1970
"Let It Be" / "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"
1978
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends" / "A Day in the Life"
1982
"The Beatles Movie Medley" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
1995
"Free as a Bird" / "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
1996
"Real Love" / "Baby's in Black"
UK only
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Apple)
1962
"My Bonnie" / "The Saints"
"Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You"
1963
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "This Boy"
1964
"Ain't She Sweet" / "If You Love Me, Baby"
"A Hard Day's Night" / "Things We Said Today"
1976
"Yesterday" / "I Should Have Known Better"
"Back in the U.S.S.R." / "Twist and Shout"
US only
(Vee-Jay,
Swan,
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1963
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There"
1964
"Twist and Shout" / "There's a Place"
"Do You Want to Know a Secret" / "Thank You Girl"
"Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You"
"Sie liebt dich" / "I'll Get You"
"I'll Cry Instead" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
"And I Love Her" / "If I Fell"
"A Hard Day's Night" / "I Should Have Known Better"
"Matchbox" / "Slow Down"
1965
"Eight Days a Week" / "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
"Yesterday" / "Act Naturally"
1966
"Nowhere Man" / "What Goes On"
1970
"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"
1976
"Got to Get You into My Life" / "Helter Skelter"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "Julia"
Other
countries
(Odeon,
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Apple)
1963
"All My Loving" / "This Boy" (Canada)
1964
"Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich" (Germany)
1966
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" / "Nowhere Man" (Australia)
1968
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Europe, Japan, Australia)
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "I Will" (Philippines)
"Back in the U.S.S.R." / "Don't Pass Me By" (Sweden)
1969
"You're Going to Lose That Girl" / "Tell Me What You See" (Japan)
1970
"Oh! Darling" / "Here Comes the Sun" (Japan)
1972
"All Together Now" / "Hey Bulldog" (Europe)
1978
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends" / "Within You Without You" (Germany)
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Jeff Healey
Jeff Healey Band albums
See the Light (1988)
Hell to Pay (1990)
Feel This (1992)
Cover to Cover (1995)
Get Me Some (2000)
Solo albums
Mess of Blues (2008)
Songs From The Road (2009)
Jeff Healey Band songs
"Angel Eyes"
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
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