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Although some fans and part press fueled the idea that The Rolling Stones and The Beatles<\/a> were rivals, that was not true. Keith Richards has always been a big fan and a close friend of the members of the band. In fact, it was John Lennon<\/a> and Paul McCartney who gave the Stones their first hit song, \u201cI Wanna Be Your Man\u201d.<\/p>\n In the years that followed, both bands wrote some of the most influential songs of all time and built incredible discographies. Throughout his career, Keith Richards has spoken about The Beatles on many occasions and has already mentioned two of their songs that he loves.<\/p>\n The 2 Beatles songs Keith Richards said he loves \u201cThis was a guy (George Harrison) who could come out with a great song or a great record anytime. I was always wailing for some more. Let\u2019s hope there\u2019s more in the can. I always loved \u201cGuitar Gently Weeps.\u201d because that was a guitar- player thing,\u201d Keith Richards told Rolling Stone in 2001.<\/p>\n Written by George Harrison, the song of course also featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney<\/a> and Ringo Starr, but it is the only Beatles song to include another guitar player. It was George\u2019s friend Eric Clapton<\/a>, whom Keith also admires, the one who recorded the guitar solo. The track was part of their self-titled album often referred to as \u201cThe White Album\u201d, released in 1968.<\/p>\n Richards has already listed The Beatles as one of the greatest bands of all time, and unlike what the press claimed over the decades, there was no rivalry between the members of the two bands. In fact, they used to help each other.\u00a0\u201cJohn was a particular good friend of mine. Stories that cannot be told (laughs).\u00a0George\u00a0was a lovely guy, we got\u00a0Paul (a great songwriter) and Ringo<\/a>, what a guy, what a steady (beat). They came to see us play, we were playing in a pub, at Station Hotel in Richmond, that was our gig.\u201d<\/p>\n Keith Richards continued:<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the only one we really had and everybody was having a good time. I turn around and there is, these four guys in black leather overcoats standing there. This was soon after \u2018Love Me Do\u2019. I mean this was really early on and this is early 60s. From then on we\u2019re always good mates. When George\u2019s new single (was ready) we always made sure we didn\u2019t clash because in those days was like every two months you had to have a new single.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe would collaborate with each other. So we didn\u2019t go head to head, because otherwise it seemed like \u2018you\u2019re either Beatles or Stones<\/a>\u2019, bullshit. And we are so similar, that\u2019s not true. We all recognized that and it was one of the great things about it. I mean, between the two bands there was never any sense of competition, (it) was cooperation,\u201d Keith Richards said in \u2018Ask Keith<\/a>\u2018 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage).<\/p>\n \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Here Comes the Sun\u2019 it\u2019s just beauty, beauty. What can you say? Still waters run deep. I have no doubt that there was a whole lot inside of George, and a whole lot he never revealed. But at the same time, every time he did something, he did reveal a little bit of himself. So that in fact you think you know George better than George knew himself,\u201d Keith Richards told Rolling Stone magazine.<\/p>\n Curiously, Keith Richards was not a big fan of how George Harrison\u2019s guitar was recorded on The Beatles\u2019 early records. When talking about that once, he also recalled the strange experience of meeting Dhani Harrison, George\u2019s son, who really resembles his father.<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge (Harrison) was another great mate of mine. I think as you say, that George Martin particularly didn\u2019t serve his guitar sound as well as it could have been done. But it was early days and they were doing those things. They (would) make an album in one night, you know. Listen to \u2018Twist And Shout\u2019, you can hear they barely being able to get there, but great records. Just purely a matter of the recording sound, nothing to do with Geroge, he was a great friend of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued:<\/p>\n \u201cIn fact, I\u2019ve met his son, Dhani just two, three weeks ago and there is\u00a0Dhani Harrison who is the spitting image of George. I kept calling him George (laughs). He was so much like his dad, and George was such a gentle soul. I used to call him \u2018farmer George\u2019 because he liked gardening more than anything. (He is) another one sorely missed. I guess the good die young,\u201d Keith Richards said in a video done for his old website section \u201cAsk Keith<\/a>\u201d (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage).<\/p>\n Also written by George Harrison, \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d was actually recorded as a trio, since John Lennon was not involved. Although the track was overshadowed by other huge hits from the \u2018Abbey Road\u2019 album, which was released in 1969, it grew in popularity over the decades. As of 2026, it is The Beatles\u2019 most popular song on Spotify, having been played more than 1.7 billion times. While My Guitar Gently Weeps\u2019 is still quite far from reaching that number, with more than 300 million streams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n\u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d<\/p>\n