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Please Please Me Part 2
Yesterday I wrote about the first six songs on the album Please Please Me. Today I will include my thoughts on the second half of the album. But before I get to that, I want to talk about the album … Continue reading
Please Please Me Part 1
Welcome to NaBloPoMo! National Blog Posting Month. This year I have decided to throw my hat in and attempt to post every day this month! If you want to learn about NaBloPoMo, I encourage you to visit their site. Click … Continue reading
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
So the song title has nothing really to do with this blog post except I’m discussing the Beatles and it is perhaps the best Beatles song title ever. Perhaps I should have titled this Real Love because that is what … Continue reading
Rain
What would the Beatles have sounded like if they had kept touring? That is a question that many Beatles cover bands have tried to answer, with varying degrees of success. There are a few notable bands out there, like the … Continue reading
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Beatles For Sale
I missed yesterday’s post, so today we get a double dose. The final album in the early Beatles is Beatles for Sale. This album marked the beginning of a turning point for the group. The band was becoming weary of … Continue reading
A Hard Day’s Night
The four early studio albums can be broken down further into two groups. The first group I covered the past two days. The second group, A Hard Day’s Night and Beatles for Sale marked a big turning point for the … Continue reading
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With The Beatles
Just four months after The Beatles finished recording Please Please Me, the band recorded their second album, With The Beatles. This album was the 2nd album in UK history to sell a million copies and sat at number one for … Continue reading
Please Please Me
Long time readers of my blog will remember last year I had a song of the day posting for most days. Back in March I did a special week of Beatles postings, focusing on what I called middle Beatles. This … Continue reading
Beatles Covers Part 2
First off, when talking about instrumental covers of The Beatles, I accidentally left off some great work by Booker T and the MGs. Their wonderful disco sounds really made great instrumental versions of some songs, especially Eleanor Rigby (which shows … Continue reading
Facebook has become a major part of my daily routine and it has brought me in contact with many people from my USY days. It’s been a lot of fun. One interesting thing has been these facebook memes that are … Continue reading