One sad note about the White Album which thankfully is not too well known today is its use by Charles Manson. I wont go into this more here, but you can read the Wikipedia article about it.
We are winding down to the end of this list of the best ten songs on the White Album. So far we have:
- Back in the U.S.S.R.
- Dear Prudence
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Happiness is a Warm Gun
- Martha My Dear
- Blackbird
Now for today’s additions.
- Piggies
This song that appeared in the song of the day a while back. As I explained there, George wrote this song as a social commentary on class and corporate greed. Unfortunately, Charles Manson took the song to be an anti-police song. The song is one of my favorite (and one of the least remembered of George’s songs). The use of the Harpsichord is wonderful. - I Will
Paul wrote a number of songs for his wife Linda. Two of them were Beatles songs and this is the first. It is a beautiful ballad that is a foreshadow of what was to come for Paul and his music.
Enjoy!
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As an extra special addition, here is the first take of I Will from the Anthology Album.
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hey did you know that the Cars, around nine years later on, mooched the lead guitar from “I Will” & used it on “My Best Friend’s Girl”?
I did not know that. I am going to listen to that in a few minutes.