Chris, I’ll level with you: I’m not a huge fan of the Beatles. But I’m coming around. The choir I sing with is working on a concert of the Beatles’ music, and… it’s growing on me, god help me, I’m starting to really like the Beatles. And sometime next month, I plan to watch at least a few of their movies.
Who says I want to know anything? If anything, there’s an overabundance of Beatles information out there. I saw a short film a few years ago called I Met the Walrus which was good, but was born of the kind of people who, as I put it then, “captured John Lennon’s farts in a mayonnaise jar in 1967″ and like to tell you all about it.
That said, A Hard Day’s Night is available for streaming on Netflix, and one way or another, I’m getting my hands on Yellow Submarine.
Look, unless the original version of Yesterday was some kind of preemptive personal attack on me, and I can somehow seek redress from Paul McCartney for libel, I don’t really care.
That said, the final version of Yesterday (which, you might be interested to know, was titled “Yesterday”) is a lovely song.
There are many ways to enjoy music: as art, as entertainment, as performance, as a background to things that are actually important. Being firmly in the camp of music as art, The Beatles are pretty much the epitome of twentieth century music for me. But music as entertainment? I think the Rolling Stones epitomize that.
You know, I think that is probably the true source of the “Stones or Beatles” question. It’s not about which band is “better”. It’s a question of how you personally experience music.
Dammit, Chris. Something about your blog makes me post comments that have only the loosest connection with the OP, almost like it’s a Zen Koan.
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15 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Chris, I’ll level with you: I’m not a huge fan of the Beatles. But I’m coming around. The choir I sing with is working on a concert of the Beatles’ music, and… it’s growing on me, god help me, I’m starting to really like the Beatles. And sometime next month, I plan to watch at least a few of their movies.
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Beatles Anthology my friend. It’s a terrific documentary and covers pretty much everything you want to know about them.
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Who says I want to know anything? If anything, there’s an overabundance of Beatles information out there. I saw a short film a few years ago called I Met the Walrus which was good, but was born of the kind of people who, as I put it then, “captured John Lennon’s farts in a mayonnaise jar in 1967″ and like to tell you all about it.
That said, A Hard Day’s Night is available for streaming on Netflix, and one way or another, I’m getting my hands on Yellow Submarine.
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When you can tell me what the working title for Yesterday was, get back to me.
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I’m guessing it was called “Today.” But by the time it was recorded…
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Look, unless the original version of Yesterday was some kind of preemptive personal attack on me, and I can somehow seek redress from Paul McCartney for libel, I don’t really care.
That said, the final version of Yesterday (which, you might be interested to know, was titled “Yesterday”) is a lovely song.
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Scrambled Eggs.
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koo koo ka choo.
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No Google required…Scrambled Eggs.
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Dammit, Dale.
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We can call it a tie and split the winnings.
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nothing cures a crappy day more than a Beatles song. Thanks
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“Yesterday” was probably easier to write lyrics for than “Scrambled Eggs”:
Scrambled eggs….
But my lunchtime seems so far away
I think I might have Frosted Flakes
No, I believe… it’s scrambled eggs.
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There are many ways to enjoy music: as art, as entertainment, as performance, as a background to things that are actually important. Being firmly in the camp of music as art, The Beatles are pretty much the epitome of twentieth century music for me. But music as entertainment? I think the Rolling Stones epitomize that.
You know, I think that is probably the true source of the “Stones or Beatles” question. It’s not about which band is “better”. It’s a question of how you personally experience music.
Dammit, Chris. Something about your blog makes me post comments that have only the loosest connection with the OP, almost like it’s a Zen Koan.
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Beatles weren’t a riff band, but this was a riff song.
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