Dhani Harrison and the Wu Tang Clan clear up the confusion!

Hello

There has been some slight confusion over the Wu Tang Clan collaboration with Dhani ...

As reported here correctly on the 13th September, the track is an interpolation of the George Harrison penned 'While my Guitar Gently Weeps' .... and NOT a sample from it, which is what several media sources have been suggesting for a couple of days ...

In order to satisfy everyones curiosity Wu Tang Clan have made it possible for their version of the track - correctly titled 'The Heart Gently Weeps' to be exclusively streamed at http://www.loud.com/ today!
It will be the first single and video from the album '8 Diagrams' which is scheduled for release on December 4th.

There has also been some confusion as to what Dhani actually collaborated on the track. Some media sources were suggesting guitar, others were stating that it was the drums!!

Dhani Harrison had this to say when approached by MTV.com to clarify the details ....

"EMI freaked out about this whole thing, but it's less about a major corporation talking to another major corporation, it's more like two friends — RZA and myself — talking about working together," Dhani Harrison said. "[The RZA] asked me to see if he could use the song, which is owned by us [the Harrison Estate], and we said yes. It's not the original master — they've never been cleared — but the song is used compositionally.
"I play a bit of guitar on it, John Frusciante played some guitar too, and Erykah is on there," he continued. "I haven't heard the final version, but whatever capacity the RZA wants to use all of those parts in, I'm sure he will."

Meanwhile, the Wu Tang Clan were full of appologies and had this to say ...

"The statement on Wu-Tang Clan's myspace site is incorrect and we apologize for any confusion it may have caused. We did not sample the Beatles, rather we did an interpolation of the classic George Harrison composition 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps.' In a historic collaboration, Dhani Harrison, son of George, through his friendship with the RZA, played guitar on the song and he himself helped secure the reuse license. Also appearing on the song are John Frusciante, guitar player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Erykah Badu singing the chorus. To satisfy everyone's curiosity, the song will be streamed exclusively on loud.com tonight. It will be the first single and video from the forthcoming album 8 Diagrams, in stores December 4."

that's all for now ...

Be seeing you ..

Site update + Dhani and Wu Tang Clan reports ...

Hello everyone,

Further to my report mentioning the delay of the Wu Tang Clan's album being until 4th December, news articles are now circulating based on a report on the Wu Tang Clan's official website that the delay is to do with history being made and the magnitude of the sampled track 'While my Guitar Gently Weeps'.

The following is clipped from NMEcom ....

Wu-Tang Clan get clearance to use first-ever Beatles sample
Rap supergroup push back album release to 'make history'
02.Oct.07 11:43pm
Wu Tang Clan have announced that they've been given permission to use a sample of a song by The Beatles for the first time ever.The rap supergroup originally said that they were covering The Beatles' 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' with George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison, as previously reported. Now the band have revealed that they've been given permission to use a sample of the song in their cover version.In a message posted today (October 2) on their website, the band wrote, "Special thanks to Danny [sic] Harrison & Erykah Badu for helping bring this song to life!! Also thanks to The Harrison Estate & The Beatles for helping make this possible!!"The band also said that they're pushing back the release date of their new album, '8 Diagrams', from November 13 to December 4 "due to the magnitude of the sample and the History being made."

Website News
As promised earlier the gallery has been updated ....
27 images have been uploaded into the following folders today ....

1 image in 1987
1 image in 2002
3 images in 2003
20 images in 2004
1 image in 2005
1 image in 2006

That's all for now ...

Be seeing you ...

Dhani + Wu Tang Clan and more site updates.

Hello everyone,

The latest news on the Wu tang Clan and Dhani collaboration is that the album '8 Diagrams' will be released on 13th November via Wu Music Group/Loud/SRC/Universal. As mentioned previously, the track, titled "My People Gently Weeps" that Dhani has collaborated on is an interpolation of The Beatles' version of the George Harrison penned 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'.

Website Updates

36 more images have been added to the gallery ....

2 from 2000
30 from 2002
1 from 2004
3 from 2005

.... and 1 more track to the music player

More soon ....

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