Blackbird
09 Thursday Aug 2018
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Tag Archives: The Beatles
She Loves You
04 Monday Dec 2017
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About eight of us were crushed together in my cousin’s small bedroom watching the 45 RPM seven-inch record revolve. It was the song we had heard the week before on Sunday’s Ed Sullivan Show. Monday morning, the world would be different.
Thanks to YouTuber Racheldr
Help!
28 Thursday Sep 2017
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Thanks to YouTuber ReelinInTheYears66
This Boy: The Beatles
04 Friday Aug 2017
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music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles, This Boy
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One of the early Beatles ballads from A Hard Day’s Night with John singing lead.
Thanks to YouTuber gardner9
All My Loving
10 Monday Jul 2017
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Monday morning, Paul sweats as Ringo drives on relentlessly.
Live at the Washington Coliseum 1964.
Thanks to YouTube channel Paul McCartney
I’ll Be Back: The Beatles
07 Friday Jul 2017
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There’s something about the musical structure of this song that made it one of my favorites from the first time I heard it. Great lead by John and harmonies by Paul.
Thanks to YouTuber MrSquooze
Austerity Beatles: Roy Zimmerman
12 Wednesday Apr 2017
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The clever satirist Roy Zimmerman with his humorous take on several Beatles’ songs.
I Saw Her Standing There: McCartney and Springsteen
12 Monday Dec 2016
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Bruce Springsteen, I Saw Her Standing There, Max Weinberg, music, Paul McCartney, performance, song, The Beatles
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Monday, my heart went boom.
Not bad for two old men…and of course Max Weinberg banging on those drums.
Thanks to YouTuber DrSotosOctopus
A Day in the Life
21 Monday Nov 2016
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A Day in the Life, music, performance, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, song, songwriting, The Beatles
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Listening in 1967 to that final track on the new Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band— nothing had prepared us for it.
Eco 101
10 Monday Oct 2016
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Monday morning, The Beatles provide a lesson in elementary economics.
Paul knocks it out of the park in this 1964 live performance hosted by Murray the K.
Thanks to YouTuber silvertwin7
