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“Step Inside Love” was the theme song to Celia Black’s variety show, and written by Paul McCartney. Never officially recorded by The Beatles , there are a couple of demo versions created by Paul. The first is the general tune, then there’s the second verse (or maybe it’s the first actual verse, just listen and…
To say Buddy Holly was an influence on The Beatles would be an understatement. That more of his songs were not recorded (and released) by the group is a bit surprising. The recording we have is actually of The Quarrymen, the group that would go on to be The Beatles. At this point in the…
Not written by the Beatles but recorded during their initial sessions for their first single, this song would go on to be a hit for Gerry And The Pacemakers. As a matter of fact, it was that group’s debut single as well and hit number one. The Beatles were not adverse to recording cover songs…
It is time for my annual Beatles Week, a celebration of the band as well as a way to keep blogging as well as part of my ongoing analysis of The Beatles. I missed last year because of dad’s sudden hospital admission and death. Other than that instance, every year I have been able to…
The last few years my family has done the “summer family vacation” thing, not so much the road trip (though there has been a little bit of that thrown in) but primarily we go somewhere and stay there for a while. Before we had kids Laura and I would just… go wherever we wanted to,…
I was reminded of a version of this holiday classic this morning at spin class. We might all be familiar with the original, and we should be, by Chuck Berry. It’s a fantastic tune that works not only as a Christmas tune, but also a great example of early rock and roll. The song “Rudolph…
It’s been a while and in a way I’m still playing “catch-up” with some of these, alright, many of these, but this is it. There are even pictures from this week included! Let’s start off with a bit of a continuation of Halloween. Where the kids do swim lessons annually toss in some pumpkins, usually the weekend before…
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but “Last Christmas” is probably the worst Christmas song. Perhaps even worse that “Baby It’s Cold outside” which is saying something. Let’s look at the lyrics. I’m not even going to examine the music, which is serviceable, if just barely and over-produced. The first line is alright, I mean,…
With 2018’s National Blog Post Month behind me I wanted to give a little reflection on it, my feelings about how I performed. While technically I did manage to get in 31 posts the month of November I am not feeling great about the accomplishment. Yes, I know November has only 30 days, I am…
Our council hosts Cub Day At Camp a couple of weekends in the fall, with the weekend before Halloween having a theme. Can you guess what it is? After our rounds of BB guns we headed to the archery range. Archery is perhaps Xavier’s favorite Cub Scout activity. On the way there were leaves on…