Posts Tagged “Beatles”
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…
Every year for 8th grade the students make a number of music videos. Each person gets in on the action with varying numbers from 2 to 6 classmates working on a song. They get a song, record new lyrics, and create their own music video. This year was no different and some were better than…
Lately I have been going through and cleaning up my MP3 files. Some of them have no band associated with them for some reason, or simply track numbers and no title. I was getting to my folder of Beatles music and decided to further split my collection into separate categories – by renaming the band…
As of today it has been over a month since my last blog post. There are three primary reasons for this, some more valid than others. First up, and initially, there is inertia. A blog at rest tends to stay at rest. But that is nowhere near the whole story. I was gearing up for…
I wasn’t completely sure what to expect putting Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in my player. I remember seeing the film when it was in theaters back in 1978. I didn’t remember much of the plot, and at the time I only had a passing knowledge of The Beatles, but my memory of the…
I previously posted my initial reaction to the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Edition box set, and now having listened to the whole thing I have some further thoughts I would like to share. First, this box set is not for everybody. It’s perfect for me, mind you, and many other Beatles-nerds…
As a present to myself I cashed in some of my Best Buy certificates and picked up the 5th anniversary edition of The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sure, I have the album on vinyl, and on CD in both the stereo and mono box sets, so I really didn’t need to pick…
This week’s entry comes courtesy of a Facebook trend I thought was a good idea to turn into a post. Rather than simply have a status update with a list I would flesh it out a little with a sentence or two about each album and why it is included. Here are the directions as…