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Beatles Song of the Week: “Something”

I was born forty years ago today…on the second anniversary of the release of Abbey Road, the last studio album recorded by the Beatles, and the one that has (thus far) captured my imagination more than any other. Songs like … Continue reading

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Beatles Song of the Week: “Ob La Di, Ob La Da”

Here’s a song that I found enjoyable enough, just a harmless piece of bubble-gum pop music with a nicely infectious beat and the type of easy chorus you can sing under-your-breath to get yourself through the day. And the song … Continue reading

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The Beatles Song of the Week: “Octopus’s Garden”

Well, I couldn’t have picked a worse title for this series of posts if I tried, huh? “Beatles Song of the Week”? Yeah, if we redefine “week” to mean “some indeterminate period of time that bears no relationship to a … Continue reading

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The Beatles Song of the Week: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

Well, maybe I should rename this series of posts, since there’s an element of weekliness that is implied and which I am not achieving at all. Oh well…I guess we’ll just have to stipulate that I never claimed that there … Continue reading

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The Beatles Song of the Week: “In My Life”

I’ve loved this song for years…many years. And I loved it years before I even knew that it was a Beatles song at all. The first time I remember hearing it was, of all places, at the end of an … Continue reading

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The Beatles Song of the Week: “Don’t Let Me Down”

I’ve written about my fairly new-found admiration for The Beatles a number of times over the last couple of years. The main thing that has captivated me in exploring their music — and I’ve only done this in a cursory … Continue reading

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