Overlooked Songs

Volume 2, Track 9

“Rocky Raccoon” by The Beatles (1968) “Rocky Raccoon” is the type of song that fits any setting really. It would not detract from the ambiance if you were to hear it while sitting in an old-fashioned saloon (and who doesn’t find themselves in old-fashioned saloons these days with gas prices being what they are?) nor [...]

Volume 2, Track 8

“And Your Bird Can Sing” by The Beatles (1966) Whenever I hear “And Your Bird Can Sing” I think of the early era Beatles, the four guys with mop haircuts, wearing matching suits and smiling and swaying while playing and singing on The Ed Sullivan Show. The song has the exuberance and pop guitar riffs [...]

Volume 2, Track 7

“Blackbird” by The Beatles (1968) There are two things you should know about me with regards to how I think about music: one, for the most part, I believe lyrics to be overvalued, mostly because an artist’s true meaning can be tricky to decipher and, two, when it comes to songs I really like I [...]

Volume 2, Track 6

“Good Day Sunshine” by The Beatles (1966) Though The Beatles made their share of unabashedly joyful songs (“Here Comes The Sun,” “Yellow Submarine,” and most of their early catalog spring to mind almost instantly), “Good Day Sunshine” may be the best of them all and is probably one of best of all time from any [...]

Volume 2, Track 5

“Mother Nature’s Son” by The Beatles (1968) One of the primary reasons I had The Beatles (better known as “the white album”) ranked at #5 on my greatest rock albums of 1964-1997 list is that there are so many great songs that time and classic rock radio has kept from the casual rock fan and [...]

Volume 2, Track 4

“Something” by The Beatles (1969) The summer of 1996 marked the first time I had tried marijuana. The first half dozen or so times were touch and go as far as whether or I not I was even high as I had never smoked cigarettes. Looking back at it now, I am sure I looked [...]

Volume 2, Track 3

“Hello Goodbye” by The Beatles (1967) “Hello Goodbye” serves as another demarcation point in the history of The Beatles as the song, to the listener, represents another great example of Paul McCartney’s playful lyrical contradictions (“You say stop and I say go, go, go”) and the band’s overall ability to craft a wonderful single. Yet, [...]