This is yet another one of those John Lennon classics which I listened to so much as a kid, but it inexplicably went into the music hinterland. It was only recently, when I was researching John’s other songs, that I…
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Help! (1965) – The Beatles
I always enjoyed the melody and singing in the verses of The Beatles – “Help!” more than any other part of the song. It contains a sophisticated Lead-Lag-Lead-Synchronous pattern where backing vocals (Paul and George) move between anticipating, following, and…
Dizzy Miss Lizzy (1965) – The Beatles
There are few rousing rockers where I’ve heard John Lennon sound so unleashed. On Dizzy Miss Lizzy, he taps back into early rock ’n’ roll and really flexes his vocal muscles, almost shredding them in the process. So raw, man.…
Free as a Bird (Anthology 1 Version) 1995 – The Beatles
Fellow blogger Nancy at The Elephant’s Trunk posted today’s featured track by the Beatles – Free As A Bird – a reworked version released in 1995 from a home demo John Lennon recorded in 1977. I was so impressed with…
The Ballad of John and Yoko (1969) – The Beatles
The Beatles last No. 1 song in the UK – The Ballad of John and Yoko isn’t typical of their music and that’s what drew me to it. It sounds less polished, more blues and American country than their usual.…
Happy XMAS (War is Over) John Lennon – Christmas Countdown No. 2
Happy XMAS (War is Over) is one of my family’s favourite secular Christmas songs. The song appears on John Lennon’s posthumous compilation The John Lennon Collection shown inset. I don’t know how many times I put the needle down on this record…
6/5 – 12/5/24 – May Pang, Son of Man & Starfish
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Meeting May PangBlog article at PowerPop Max at PowerPop has made it no secret his adoration and fascination with the Beatles over the years.…
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[Just Like] Starting Over (1980) – John Lennon
[Just Like] Starting Over was released 45 days before John Lennon was murdered on the 8th of December 1980. It was Lennon’s final single released in his lifetime. As my blogger friend Max mentioned in a recent post: Lennon has…
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (1980) – John Lennon
Beautiful Boy was written for Lennon’s son, Sean, his only child with Yoko Ono. Paul McCartney has stated this is one of his favourite songs composed by Lennon. It was used as the B-side of Happy Xmas (War Is Over) to promote the…
