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Monday morning, Carson McKee, Reina del Cid, Josh Turner and Toni Lindgren make the most of their hotel room with their performance of the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon.” Make sure to stay for the blooper outtake at the end.
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Monday morning, one of the great McCartney ballads, from a live 1993 tour.
Thanks to YouTuber Joivanpa
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Flip side of the 45 single was “Day Tripper,” but I usually played this side. It was released as a double-A-side single.
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The MonaLisa Twins with some winter weather advice via an early Beatles song.
Another knockout cover.
Now if we can get the MonaLisa twins together with Josh Turner…
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I was in high school and my one can’t miss television show was The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. One day in October, they played this, and soon it was on the AM radio, seven minutes long, when the standard for that format was 2-3 minutes tops. It was pretty mindblowing for us. It still amazes.
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Most of the ballads were written by Paul, but this one, one of my favorites, is a John creation.
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The MonaLisa Twins with the McCartney Beatles classic.
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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
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One of the early Beatles ballads from A Hard Day’s Night with John singing lead.
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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
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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
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The clever satirist Roy Zimmerman with his humorous take on several Beatles’ songs.
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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
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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.
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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
