The Beatles were a fine little power pop band from Liverpool, England that exploded on the scene with two jewels of strong melody, clear vocals, and ringing (but surprisingly simple) guitar riffs: "I Feel Fine" and "Ticket to Ride." Regrettably, the band changed direction in the mid-1960s, got lost in endless musical experimentation, faded from public view, and was never heard from again. Well, at least, never again heard with such energy and excitement.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
I Feel Fine (Beatles)
The Beatles were a fine little power pop band from Liverpool, England that exploded on the scene with two jewels of strong melody, clear vocals, and ringing (but surprisingly simple) guitar riffs: "I Feel Fine" and "Ticket to Ride." Regrettably, the band changed direction in the mid-1960s, got lost in endless musical experimentation, faded from public view, and was never heard from again. Well, at least, never again heard with such energy and excitement.
Friday, May 4, 2018
Hey Jude (Wilson Pickett)
"Hey Jude" is one of several "culmination" songs in the too short career of the Beatles. This song - along with "A Day in the Life," "A Long and Winding Road," and "Let It Be" - bears witness to the closing of that era of pop music creativity. As astounded as I was to watch the broadcast of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" promotional video in September 1968, when I first heard Wilson Pickett cover this song I could never go back to Paul McCartney's fey "na-na-na's". Listen closely and you will hear a young Duane Allman on guitar--joined by the great session musicians of the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama--in support of that singular soulful voice of wicked Wilson Pickett.
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