I'll always associate The Beatles with growing up. I was born in 1971, a year after the Fab Four broke up, but their music remained so popular in the following years that they were still all over the radio a long time after their hey-day. My mother was also a big fan, so we had a number of the Beatles' records around our house and we spent many hours listening to them on the old turntable or on the old-school 8-track mixes that my mom made. Yes! My mom made mix-tapes before the term was ever coined!
Of course, The Beatles are everywhere now. Has there been a better time to be a fan of John, Paul, George, and Ringo? The cd's have been remastered and re-released. The Rock Band game just came out. It's all pretty crazy, especially considering that some of their recordings are now over forty years old! But no matter how many new generations discover The Beatles, I'll always remember playing along to "Twist and Shout" on my air-guitar tennis racket while staring into our living room's full length mirror.
"And Your Bird Can Sing" is The Beatles at their jingly best. It's a delicious cut of sixties pop, complete with the wonderful treble of their Epiphone guitar interplay and the fantastic harmonies of their vocals. It's from the "Revolver" album, and is a nice bridge between the radio-friendly songs of their early days and the experimental tunes of their late career. I just think it's great. And if you want to hear something equally as good, check out the demo of it found on The Beatles Anthology II. It's hysterical! John and Paul just giggle themselves through the whole take. It makes you laugh and reminds you that even geniuses can be goofy some time.
"And Your Bird Can Sing" can be found on the album "Revolver." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.
Of course, The Beatles are everywhere now. Has there been a better time to be a fan of John, Paul, George, and Ringo? The cd's have been remastered and re-released. The Rock Band game just came out. It's all pretty crazy, especially considering that some of their recordings are now over forty years old! But no matter how many new generations discover The Beatles, I'll always remember playing along to "Twist and Shout" on my air-guitar tennis racket while staring into our living room's full length mirror.
"And Your Bird Can Sing" is The Beatles at their jingly best. It's a delicious cut of sixties pop, complete with the wonderful treble of their Epiphone guitar interplay and the fantastic harmonies of their vocals. It's from the "Revolver" album, and is a nice bridge between the radio-friendly songs of their early days and the experimental tunes of their late career. I just think it's great. And if you want to hear something equally as good, check out the demo of it found on The Beatles Anthology II. It's hysterical! John and Paul just giggle themselves through the whole take. It makes you laugh and reminds you that even geniuses can be goofy some time.
"And Your Bird Can Sing" can be found on the album "Revolver." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.
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