I’ve posted 40 Beatles songs to the blog during ‘Beatles Weekends‘ alone, plus a dozen or so others over the years, but I never got around to featuring ‘Michelle.’
The song has gotten a bad rap over the years for it’s weak French and too-simple melody. It’s an easy punching bag and a ready exhibit for those who claim Lennon was the most talented Beatle.
My desert island countdown continues (see last Monday’s post for the full explanation).
Desert Island Musical Artists – Honorable Mention – The Beatles
I’m a bit ashamed that I didn’t include The Beatles in my top five desert island artists, but in order to get the mix just right they had to be nixed.
I figured that after dozens of Beatles Weekends posts, I would have featured ‘She’s a Woman’ before now, but apparently not.
This early bit of R&B, penned and performed by Paul McCartney, was released as the B-side of ‘I Feel Fine’ and features a minimalist backing track under Paul’s yearning vocals.
I spent the past three weeks listing 15 songs I consider favorites. I tried to skip around between genres and artists for the sake of variety, but all of those songs shared one thing in common.
They were thoroughly depressing.
I know I’ve explored my penchant for the melancholy before, but this exercise really highlighted exactly how morose I really am.
Here’s one of my very favorite Beatles song given a sparkly makeover for the Cirque du Soleil Love show.
George and Giles Martin blended many different Beatles songs into each track in the Love performance, but somehow kept the sound and spirit of the originals intact.
For ‘Strawberry Fields Forever,’ they made use of “the orchestral section from ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, the piano solo from ‘In My Life,’ the brass included in ‘Penny Lane,’ the cello and harpsichord arrangement from ‘Piggies’ and the coda of ‘Hello, Goodbye,'” (according to Wikipedia).
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