“Love Me Do” was their first song, but it was far from perfect… “‘Love Me Do’ is Paul’s song. He wrote it when he was a teenager. Let me think. I might […]
A Hard Day’s Night…in search of the lost chord
One chord can change your life. “There was no reason for Michael to be sad that morning, (the little wretch); everyone liked him, (the scab). He’d had a hard day’s night that […]
Good Day Sunshine…ah, spring, when one’s fancy turns to…
Songs like “Good Day Sunshine” indicate that the wit and whimsy that originally endeared the Beatles to millions would not disappear. “It was really very much a nod to The Lovin’ Spoonful’s […]
Chuck Berry and the Beatles: standing on the shoulders of a giant and all that…
According to one source, the Beatles covered at least 15 Chuck Berry songs. “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.” – John Lennon […]
No Reply: the Beatles write a breakup song…
The scream at the end – “no reply!” – is one of the bleakest moments in the breakup song genre. “It was my version of “Silhouettes”: I had that image of walking […]
I Wanna Be Your Man…Beatles or Stones?
If what Lennon says is true, “I Wanna Be You Man” has a special place in rock history. “It was a throwaway. The only two versions of the song were Ringo and […]
I Want to Hold Your Hand…and then, America….
It was the first Beatles record I bought, but it wasn’t my favorite Beatles song. “We wrote a lot of stuff together, one-on-one, eyeball to eyeball. Like in ‘I Want To Hold […]
George Harrison’s Don’t Bother Me…and then there were three….
And so The Beatles acquired a third great songwriter… “‘Don’t Bother Me’ I wrote in a hotel in Bournemouth, where we were playing a summer season in 1963, as an exercise to […]
Election Day. #HopeTuesday. TunesDay.
Three videos for Election Day. Who do we want to be? Some years ago Sean Kelly of The Samples penned what has to be the election day anthem. It acknowledges what we all […]
“Amnesia,” by Space Team Electra – premiere of fan video (and reunion show information)
I’m not good with video, but the Space Team Electra reunion show is less than two weeks away and I was inspired to try. If you’re in Denver (or can get here), […]
