There are so many beautiful songs from The Beatles, in early times and “It’s Only Love,” is one of them. It does feel, however, like a transition point, even a bidding good-bye, given that it comes from the album Help! , near the tail end of their 1963-1965 run with the early Beatles style. That…
The structure of “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” is unique for The Beatles. “These were all different segments of songs that I wrote altogether and stuck them all in one piece,” Lennon told Rolling Stone. “Just like a collage, instead of an album like Pepper. This was all done in one song and it went…
In Please Mister Postman, With The Beatles album, 1963 The Beatles pay tribute to the original through the tight harmonies and virtual call-and-response sections. As John cries “wait a minute” and “oh yeah,” George and Paul either repeat his phrases or underscore on key lyrics such as “since I’ve heard from that girl of mine.”…
Recordings for Rubber Soul album are ending!Even though their recording session the previous day lasted until 4:00 in the morning, The Beatles knew that this day, November 11th, 1965, was the absolute deadline to complete their album “Rubber Soul.” Therefore they entered EMI Studio Two at 6 pm for what turned out to be a…
John says his first song was Hello Little Girl which he wrote on the toilet (!) at 18 so that would be 1958. Paul says he wrote I Lost My Little Girl just after his mother died, so that would be November or December 1956. Definitely the first song written by a Beatle. The first…
She’s a Woman was one of Paul’s big personal triumphs. Not only was it a staple of the Beatles’ stage repertoire for the season of 1965, but as the “Unplugged Special” in 1991, it was clearly on the composer’s own short list of Beatles’ songs he’s proud to still play in public.At the time of…
An early take of The Beatles song “Oh! Darling,” along with a completely remixed version of the track: the two cuts appear on a 50th anniversary edition of the band’s penultimate studio album, Abbey Road.The released version of “Oh! Darling” is the band’s fourth take at recording the song, made at EMI Studios in the…
Two rare songs by George Harrison, only bootlegged.George was a very big fan of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, a zany late 1960s musical group best known for their hit song “I’m the Urban Spaceman.” It turns out that there was going to be a reunion/tribute album for this band to be released around 1998…
Although Abbey Road was the final album to be recorded by the four Beatles, Let It Be was the last to be issued in May 1970, weeks after the group’s split made headlines around the world. The black-trimmed cover gave it funereal quality, and fans anxiously studied to the parting message from the foursome that…
A great influence to George Harrison by Buddy Holly, or like the later artist was profoundly influenced by the earlier one.And if that’s still not enough, the songs sound so much alike it’s spooky, a single acoustic guitar strummed at an insistent rock tempo, with just a little percussive ornamentation by his buddies in the…