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George Harrison’s second track on “Help!” is the cute, but forgettable keyboard-based tune, You Like Me Too Much.
I find it strange that George, by far the best guitarist of the band, would write a song that relies so much on a Steinway grand piano and a Hohner pianet, both played […]
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As I reported last month, close Beatles associate Neil Aspinall died of lung cancer on 24 March. He was buried yesterday in Twickenham, England. According to contactmusic.com, famous funeral attendees included John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, their son Julian Lennon, James and Stella McCartney (two of Paul McCartney’s children), Ringo […]
Throughout the 1960s, there was supposely fierce rivalry between The Beatles and that other British rock band, The Rolling Stones.
Apparently Ronnie Wood figured it was time to bury the supposed hatchet when he showed up at a Beatles convention this past weekend in New York.
According to an article posted on Yahoo! UK News, Wood […]
(Amy Winehouse image by Rama, taken from Wikipedia with permission under the terms of the CeCILL license.)
Paul McCartney is apparently a big fan of walking tabloid headline Amy Winehouse. Paul, who wrote and recorded one of the more memorable James Bond songs (1973’s “Live and Let Die”) says Amy Winehouse has “the perfect voice” for […]
The Beatles were always dominated creatively by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. So much so that George Harrison, a talented songwriter in his own right, often felt squeezed out. Their first four albums combined featured only one George composition (“Don’t Bother Me”). This was partly to do with productivity. While John and Paul were […]
Jeff Healey, a Canadian guitar legend, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 41. Healey contracted retinal cancer as a baby and was blind by age one. He taught himself to play guitar, starting at 3 years old. He will be remembered most for his unconventional playing style, holding standard guitars flat […]
Once again I bring you embedded audio treats from songza.com. Earlier this week I wrote a review of The Beatles 1965 single "Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is". Here’s the audio of both tracks.
"Ticket to Ride". Casey Kasem once claimed that this song was originally recorded as "Ticket to Rye", a town in East […]
Last week I posted about Wu-Tang’s new track "Gently Weeps", which heavily samples the classic Beatles song. Here’s the original. Dare to compare?
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In August I wrote a post about Wu-Tang Clan making a track that would heavily sample The Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Yesterday I finally heard it. I’ve never been a fan of rap and this track certainly didn’t change that. Check it out:
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