Category : Beatles

by Super Admin - 6 years ago

Parsing Beatles’ Most Nonsensical Song

from The Atlantic Released 50 years ago, “I Am the Walrus” is endlessly analyzable, and yet somehow analysis-proof. “It seems very pretty,” she said when she had finished it, “but it’s rather hard to understand!” (You see she didn’t like to confess,...

by Super Admin - 6 years ago

Sexually Inappropriate Songs Thru The Years

by Pat Matthews I was trying to come up with a more interesting title to this piece….to no avail. So, I think I’m going to run with the one I have. Hopefully, I have your attention by now. I received several e-mails here at the Beatles-A-...

by Super Admin - 6 years ago

Put (in)famous names in historical context | Letters

John Dubber says trying to erase difficult parts of history from our national consciousness could be counterproductive, while Peter McKenna makes an interesting observation about Penny LaneMichael Rosen is right that simply removing historic names fr...

by Super Admin - 6 years ago

Paul McCartney: ‘Wings were terrible’

from The Telegraph….by Alice Vincent Paul McCartney has admitted that Wings was not “a good group”. The band, which the former Beatle set up with his late wife Linda, had a string of hits including Mull of Kintyre and Live and Let D...

by Super Admin - 6 years ago

Paul McCartney reveals photo inspiration for Lady Madonna

Paul McCartney has revealed a source of inspiration behind The Beatles' song Lady Madonna. McCartney told National Geographic's editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg that the 1968 hit was partly inspired by a photograph of a Malayo-Polynesian woman surround...

by Super Admin - 6 years ago

Brown Acid: the sound that rock forgot

Via his cult compilations, Lance Barresi has dug up rare and oddball hard rock and heavy psych cuts that provided the soundtrack to the hippy comedownIn the age of “music overload”, when it’s possible to access millions of songs via YouTube, Spotify...