A while back I did a post on my Desert Island Discs. I was reminded of this recently when fellow blogger Christian did his own interesting series on that. So I thought, time to revisit this. Firstly, what did I drop from the previous list … Continue reading My (Updated) Desert Island Discs
So what is this all about? Well, you know how you might meet somebody and they might ask what you enjoy listening to? And me, I’d always say, Oh, you know, classic rock, blues, jazz, good pop, soul, some classical. Then I might mention a … Continue reading My Musical Journey in 35 Songs (Part 1)
“And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love You make.” Last night my son and I saw the soon-to-be 80-year-old (in ten days) ex-Beatle, ex-Wings guy Sir Paul McCartney play a 2:40 minute show in his 65th year of performing … Continue reading Paul McCartney at Fenway Park – June 7, 2022 – A Splendid Time is Guaranteed for All
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 ofย 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
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