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
Will this (movie) simply be a remake ofΒ Let It Be, using the original title of the album, with everything McCartney objected to removed? – Random Internet commenter “John walked into the room one day and said, ‘I’m leaving the Beatles.’ And he said, ‘It’s … Continue reading The Beatles Present Let It Be, the Enhanced Album
“We were writing songs that were memorable because we had to remember them.” – Macca This is just a brief advisory note to let you know that there is a cool new limited series on Hulu called McCartney 3,2,1. (Personally, I would have called it … Continue reading McCartney 3,2,1 – A Documentary
“I was different all my life. The second verse goes, ‘No one I think is in my tree.’ Well, I was too shy and self-doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore, I must be crazy or a … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Strawberry Fields Forever
“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
So the story here is that I kept seeing these advertisements for a guy named Scott Freiman in conjunction with something called Deconstructing the Beatles that was showing up periodically at small local theaters. After a little research I found out that these were – … Continue reading The ‘Deconstructing the Beatles’ Series – a Critique
NOTE – I originally had a post of “Hotel California” on here but the Eagles are so fucking obsessive that whatever server its on they keep taking down. So the song is still listed but no link anywhere. I also changed the cover picture which … Continue reading My Favorite Rock Songs (1) – Top Ten
Be sure to stay tuned at the end for the bonus track. Trust me. This will blow your mind.Β 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)
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