Day After Day came on my random music player yesterday while I was out and about. I could have sworn it was a Paul McCartney track because of the voice, and I wondered how I hadn’t already included it in…
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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.…
Strawberry Fields Forever (Demo Sequence Anthology 2 Version) 1966 – The Beatles
“There was something about the place that always fascinated John. He could see it from his window … He used to hear the Salvation Army band [playing at the garden party], and he would pull me along, saying, ‘Hurry up,…
4/11 – 10/11/24 – Wedding Song, Roman Conquest & The Matterhorn
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Something (1969) – The BeatlesCommentary by Nancy (The Elephant’s Trunk) at Observation Blogger My modest readership includes a few Beatles devotees, so I wasn’t surprised…
Something (1969) – The Beatles
Why does it not surprise me to learn Something is a George penned track. Along with Here Comes the Sun from the same record Abbey Road, music historians marked Something as his ascendancy as a composer and foreshadowing the sparse…
Please Please Me (1963) – the Beatles
I was more than likely rekindled with this song from Max; a huge Beatles fan; at his PowerPop blog page. I admire so many of the earlier hits of the Beatles including today’s featured track – Please Please Me. It…
It’s All Too Much (1969) – The Beatles
It’s All Too Much is one of my preferred later-period tracks from The Beatles although I haven’t heard it often. Most of what is contained in this article are excerpts from the Wikipedia reference below. The instrumentals blow my listening…
If I Needed Someone (1965) – The Beatles
I was listening to If I Needed Someone which I got from Max; a huge Beatles fan; at his PowerPop blog page. George Harrison, the lead guitarist wrote this one and it might explain why I am so fond of…
Meandering Thoughts about the Beatles Anthology
In Australia, my first recollection of hearing The Beatles was at the tender age of six. In primary school we danced incessantly to Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Yellow Submarine. It was a daily exercise ritual and I became increasingly disheartened and…
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