41: What You’re Doing
Until just a month or two ago, I thought that What You’re Doing was a piece of crap on par with I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party and Little Child.
I have no idea what the fuck I was thinking.
Probably, I was thinking that it was on Beatles For Sale, which is largely [...]
40: Taxman
So the eyelids are feeling heavy, the vision is getting blurry, and I really suck at making coffee and am going to have to brave doing so on my own. I need a song with some groove to keep me going.
Also, George is not getting nearly enough love. And George totally [...]
39: Paul Is Dead — OR IS HE????
You have likely heard of the conspiracy theory known as Paul Is Dead. It goes like this: in 1966, Paul McCartney died in a car crash. Worried about the Beatles’ careers, manager Brian Epstein paid off reporters to not cover the story. Knowing that their fans would never accept a replacement band member, they decided [...]
38: Your Mother Should Know
Your Mother Should Know is a song that is only interesting for its Magical Mystery Tour sequence. Which is hilarious.
It’s incredibly entertaining to watch the individual Beatles. Unfortunately the video here isn’t clear enough to make out facial expressions very well, but that just frees you up to watch their dance moves. [...]
37: Let It Be
One of the topics that I was asked to write on via Tumblr was which Beatles song I believe is the most inspirational and speaks to the most generations.
Well, I think the song that most people probably believe to be the most inspirational and which probably speaks to the most generations is Hey Jude. But [...]
36: Beatle to Beatle Tributes
Writing about Ringo’s version of I Call Your Name inspired me, so I thought I’d do a post of Beatle to Beatle tribute songs — songs that one Beatle wrote for another after their death.
First up, the first Beatle to Beatle tribute ever written, George Harrison’s song for John Lennon, All Those Years Ago. [...]
35: I Call Your Name
I Call Your Name is a fairly obscure Beatles track, as it was only ever released on the Long Tall Sally EP with, well, Long Tall Sally and two really bad cover songs (Matchbox and Slow Down). It’s the only original song on the EP. Now, of course, it’s available on Past Masters.
It’s [...]
34: We Can Work It Out
Lots of people who follow me various places will know that I love this song, and that I love this video, because, well . . . I talk about it all the time! Ha.
In any case, I call it one of the best Beatles songs, the best Lennon/McCartney collaboration, and just all around awesome. [...]
33: I’ll Be Back
The final track on A Hard Day’s Night, I’ll Be Back is a lovely little song, and a neglected one. (Actually, I think there are several neglected songs on that album. Several craps ones, too, but you know how it is.)
This song originally started out slower, at a waltz tempo. It was [...]
31: Tomorrow Never Knows
The final track of Revolver — my second favorite Beatles album — Tomorrow Never Knows signals, for those who somehow didn’t get it throughout the rest of the album, that the Beatles were going in new directions. Not content with the rock and roll formula, anymore, they wanted to go off into new genres, [...]
30: Abbey Road
When fishing for Beatles-related Blogathon topics, someone on Tumblr asked me to write about my favorite Beatles album and why it’s my favorite.
My favorite Beatles album is, hands down, Abbey Road. It’s a little difficult for me to explain why, though, without just screaming “medley!” over and over again.
But let’s get to basics, first. The [...]
29: Twist and Shout (Or: CELEBRATE! The Sponsorship Goal Has Been Met!)
Here it is, folks — within the past half hour, the sponsorship goal was met. My original goal was $500. A few days ago, I thought I’d never make it. This morning, I thought I had an outside chance. But now, here we are: $533.42!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE!
It’s time for [...]
28: The Beatles Cartoons
The Beatles Cartoons were a series of Saturday morning cartoons made in the mid-sixties, featuring of course The Beatles’ songs and John, Paul, George and Ringo as characters. The Beatles were always getting into trouble in these episodes, and hilarity ensued! If, of course, by hilarity, you mean eye-rolling, *facepalming* and racism. Yes, a good [...]
27: The Fool On The Hill
Interestingly enough, John Lennon rather liked Fool On The Hill. This is particularly curious to me, as I’ve always seen it as a massive Nowhere Man ripoff. Though, of course, this could very easily be the reason why he liked it.
In any case, lots of other people seem to like it, too. [...]
26: Another Girl
Shot in the Bahamas for the film Help!, as the Beatles admitted, solely because . . . the Beatles wanted to go to the Bahamas! No, really. It’s the same reason they’re skiing in the movie — because they’d never been skiing before and could use the movie as an excuse! There’s a [...]
25: Here Comes The Sun (Or: The Great Beatles Switchover)
Well, here we are — the halfway point! And that means I am officially done blogging about sexual violence and embarking on much more leisurely blogging about the greatest band ever known to humankind: The Beatles!
Here Comes The Sun is appropriate for this post obvious reasons.
First of all, I’m just going to go ahead [...]
