Posts Tagged “Beatles”
“You Can’t Do That” This was the B-side to “Can’t Buy Me Love” which is a certified hit, reaching number one on several charts. Tell Me Why offers up a few different takes on the meaning of the song but states the obvious about how Lennon as the singer (and sole songwriter according to BeatleSongs) is paranoid, angry,…
“Please Mister Postman” This is a cover of The Marveletts 1961 hit – not The Supremes or The Shirelles as many think. It was released as the B-side to another cover, “Roll Over Beethoven” and while it charted in America, it didn’t hit very high and wasn’t even a single in Britain. According to BeatleSongs it…
What do you mean I haven’t ripped my Aretha Franklin yet? If you’ve been reading my blog since the beginning in 2009, which, according to the numbers you haven’t, you would know that ripping my CDs to MP3 format is a multi-year process. We’re coming up on 5 years now. And today I learned I…
Every year I participate in an exercise – Beatles Week. No, it’s not like NaBloPoMo, an organized event for bloggers, but it should be. At this point I’m the only one who does it. Originally created by Mark on his personal blog in 2008 I followed suit in 2009 and have been “carrying the torch”…
“Savoy Truffle” appears on side 4 of The Beatles (White Album) and is perhaps that side’s most accessible song. BeatleSongs tells us it was written as an exploration of (Harrison’s friend) Eric Clapton’s affection for sweets. Some of the lyrics are taken directly from the names of various confections one would find in a box of…
“Long, Long, Long” is not one of my favorite Beatles songs. It closes out side 3 of The Beatles (the White Album) and provides a decent respite from the previous song of “Helter Skelter” it serves as a segue for the slog that winds up being the final stretch of the double album. BeatleSongs tells…
“Something” was recorded for the Abbey Road album, and would be the only track by Harrison to be released as a single and reach the charts (any other song he wrote that was released as a single was as a b-side). Tell Me Why has a lot of praise for the song (almost 2 full pages)…
Tell Me Why offers up that if Ringo had sung “Only A Northern Song” it might be more believable and that it “confirms all suspicions about the psychedelic hubris of 1967.” BeatleSongs considers it “one of the worst songs Harrison ever wtrote.” It was initially written and partially recorded for the Sgt. Pepper’s album, but left off…
Think For Yourself was initially released on Rubber Soul, both original UK and butchered US versions. Tell Me Why mentions the “fuzz bass adds just the right guttural cynicism” but doesn’t really give the song itself high praise. BeatleSongs quotes Harrison as saying the song “…must be about ‘somebody’ from the sound of…
Tell Me Why refers to the song as “harmless” and Beatleongs mentions it was inspired by George’s then wife Patti. It’s a simple song, pretty much a love song. It’s been released twice, originally on the soundtrack album Let It Be and then again on Let It Be… Naked. The more recently released version is truer to…