Posts Tagged “Beatles”
“Baby It’s You” wasn’t the only song by The Shirelles covered by The Beatles on their debut album. This was an unusual move for the group, because they would cover the same artist over time, usually live (look at the two BBC albums as well as Anthology for examples) but only twice did they cover…
I have used “Please Mr. Postman” before in 2013 but it is highly appropriate again this year. There is a new blog post, but I will re-use the blog title and song summary. Last year I used the stereo version of the song. This year I feature the mono. Listen and compare if that is your thing….
Tell Me Why casts Georges vocal delivery of this cover is a less than flattering light, as if the background singers (John & Paul) are scolding him and George is losing the argument. “Devil In Her Heart” was released on the With The Beatles album, and was originally a song performed by a girl group…
Originally by Little Richard this song was covered by several other artists including The Kinks before The Beatles released it in 1964. The lead track off the Long Tall Sally E.P. then eventually on the Past Masters compilation which gathers the various non-album tracks. In the United States it was released as the B-side to…
Welcome to my annual Beatles Week. No, I’m not going to have a week’s worth of posts about The Beatles (which I could easily do). Instead I will be having regular blog post, only the post’s titles will be taken from titles of songs the band has released over the course of their career. Since within…
“You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” For me, this is one of those songs that typifies what a B-side is. It’s definitely not something you would necessarily find on an album (well, the White Album, yeah). This was the flip side to the “Let It Be” single, the penultimate 45 the band would…
“I’m Down” This song was written almost solely by Paul, according to BeatleSongs and recorded the same day as “Yesterday” and ultimately released as the B-side to “Help!”. Tell Me Why describes George’s solo as “his most confidently unhinged yet” and praises the song’s general rock and roll roots harkening shades of Little Richard. We…
“The Inner Light” Written by George Harrison it would be his first song released on a single – as the B-side to “Lady Madonna” in 1968. Poor George. Tell Me Why describes George as using “delicate imagery” while using session musicians re record the music in India while the others were in England working on other…
“What Goes On” This B-side to “Nowhere Man” could easily be mistaken for a Carl Perkins cover, but it’s not. Ringo sings this song and even got partial writing credit – his first with the group, according to BeatleSongs. Tell Me Why claims the “innocuous, out-of-tune delivery” by Ringo was part of the plan with presenting the…
“Day Tripper” It might not technically be a B-side, but it was the “flip side” to “We Can Work It Out” and recorded during the sessions that produced the Rubber Soul album. The single was released for Christmas and as a result may not have been given the full attention in writing, but even then…