I look at you all see the love there that’s sleepingWhile my guitar gently weepsI look at the floor and I see it needs sweepingStill my guitar gently weeps I don’t know why nobody told youHow to unfold your loveI don’t know how someone controlled youThey bought and sold you I look at the world… Read More “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”: 1. Lyrics and Introduction
I look at the world and I notice it’s turningWhile my guitar gently weepsEvery mistake, we must surely be learningStill my guitar gently weeps “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (1968) George Harrison was born on 25 February 1943, according to his birth certificate and his death certificate However he recognised that date as his birthday… Read More George Harrison
On 16 April 1964, The Beatles recorded A Hard Day’s Night, one of their first hit singles, at EMI Studios in London. It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’ve been working like a dogIt’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleeping like a logBut when I get home to you I’ll find… Read More A Hard Day’s Night 🎶
On 11 August 1966, John Lennon had to apologize for his “more popular than Jesus” remark made in a magazine interview in March. The controversy had first broken out towards the end of July 1966, right before the Beatles’ fourth tour in the United States, when an American teen magazine had published parts of an… Read More Bigger than Jesus?
6 July 1957 was a key day for the history of modern music: it was the day when John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the first time. It was a sunny afternoon and there was a simple church fete at St Peter’s Church in Woolton South Liverpool, the annual Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete, with… Read More 6 July 1957: The Day That Shaped Pop History 🎸
There were bells on a hill But I never heard them ringing No, I never heard them at all Till there was you There were birds in the sky But I never saw them winging No, I never saw them at all Till there was you Then there was music and wonderful roses They… Read More “Till There Was You”
The Beatles – Yesterday (1965) Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they’re here to stay oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be There’s a shadow hanging * over me Oh, yesterday came suddenly. Why she had to go I… Read More A song: “Yesterday”
Free as a bird It’s the next best thing to be Free as a bird High, home and dry Like a homing bird I fly As a bird on wings Whatever happened to The life that we once knew? Can we really live without each other? Where did we lose the touch That seemed to… Read More Free as a bird – The Beatles
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