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Archive for September, 2009
Supergrass: Mary
This song popped up on my last.fm radio station the other day – and boy does it seem like only yesterday that this was playing on the radio! It is a chilling anthem; the lyrics, screams and haunting guitars create combine and produce a chilling anthem, the video of which was banned from [...]
The Beatles: One After 909
Released on the 1970 “Let It Be” album, this track which was written by John Lennon originated probably as early as 1957 as one of the earliest Lennon/McCartney compositions. It has a bluesy feel to it, as did many songs from that era, and it’s fitting to end Beatles Week with a song that [...]
The Beatles: Dear Prudence
The sun is up
The sky is blue
It’s beautiful
And so are you
Gentlemen, take note of those lyrics – you may want to use them when you write your next letter or sign your next greetings card to your sweetheart. There is a good chance that they will not connect the words to this underrated song [...]
The Beatles: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
This is the longest track name that the Beatles ever wrote, and is a song of few lyrics. Written by John Lennon in 1968 and released on the Beatles “White Album”, this song was about Lennon and Yoko Ono. Lennon uses a lot of opposites in the lyrics – this seems to be [...]
The Beatles: Two Of Us
This Paul McCartney written song was released on the Beatles final album, “Let It Be”. I have posted the “Let It Be… Naked” version of the track, which is much the same as the original version, minus (in my opinion) the annoying sound bite before the track starts. On the original version, John [...]
The Beatles: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
[From Wikipedia] “John Lennon wrote the song taking inspiration from a nineteenth century circus poster for Pablo Fanque’s circus which he purchased in an antique shop on 31 January 1967 while filming the promotional video for the song “Strawberry Fields Forever” in Kent. Mr. Kite is believed to be William Kite, who worked for Pablo [...]
