Every year for the past couple of years I’ve posted some favorite Christmas songs. Somehow in this turbulent year, I think we can say that the Grinch (COVID) “hadn’t stopped Christmas from coming! It came! Somehow or other, it came just the same!” Here’s a … Continue reading And So This is Christmas 2022
One of the things I really like about music is how you can take a song everyone’s familiar with, shake it up a little, change the tempo, change the instrumentation, harmonies, arrangement, etc., and voila! A brand new song. So I periodically like to list … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – The Ballad of John and Yoko
This is not intended to be a review so much as observations on a band I’ve known, loved and read about almost literally my entire life. This documentary greatly changed my perception of them in a way none of the other stuff I’ve seen or … Continue reading Impressions and Observations on the Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ documentary
“Who on earth you think you are? A superstar? Well right you are.” – Instant Karma This one kinda snuck up on me even though I kept hearing about John’s 80th birthday. I happened to be listening to The Beatles channel on Sirius and McCartney … Continue reading You Say It’s Your Birthday: An ME tribute to John Lennon
“Why should the Beatles give more? Didn’t they give everything on God’s earth for ten years? Didn’t they give themselves?” Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, published in January 1981 issue. The reasons for the Beatles’ breakup were myriad, not the least of … Continue reading It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – The Beatles Break Up
Well, it’s that time of year again, good will to all men and women and all that. I’ve done Christmas posts before here and here. Last time we graced the post with a picture of the lovely LA-based singer/songwriter Rehya Stevens. And so this time … Continue reading And So This is Christmas
Be sure to stay tuned at the end for the bonus track. Trust me. This will blow your mind. Even though you don’t see a lot of Beatles posts from me, know this – I am a stone-cold Beatles freak. I’ve written about them – … Continue reading A Couple of Solo Beatles Tunes (Plus bonus)
When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference in 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps, Lennon was asked to name his favorite American artist. He replied, “Nilsson”. McCartney was then asked to name his favorite American group. He replied, “Nilsson.” Harry … Continue reading Harry Nilsson – Singer/Songwriter Extraordinaire
Note that whenever I do a list I am always careful to say ‘my favorites’ as opposed to ‘the greatest.’ How the hell would I know who’s the greatest? Plus how do you even get consensus on that? It’s far too subjective. So these are … Continue reading My Favorite Singers – Top 25
On his first solo post-Beatles album – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band– John Lennon took a marked detour from Beatlemania. Well, not so marked compared to his later Beatles output. But certainly as compared to the vast majority of what he did with the Beatles. But … Continue reading A Song I Love – Working Class Hero
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