From Wikipedia: “It’s Only Love” is a song written mostly by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released by the Beatles in 1965, on the Help! album in the United Kingdom, and on the Rubber Soul album in the United States. Background and composition “It...
“My Love” is a song by the British–American band Paul McCartney and Wings that was first released as the lead single from their 1973 albumRed Rose Speedway. It was written by Paul McCartney as a love song to his wife and Wings bandmate Linda. The single marked the first time that M...
First let us visit the Griffins. This from Wikipedia, “…because the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of birds by the Middle Ages the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Since classical antiquity, Griffins were...
You want to be immersed in the recording of “Pet Sounds,” in the Beach Boys’ rivalry with the Beatles, in the derailed masterpiece that was “Smile,” and in how Brian’s mental and emotional problems began to tear himself and the group apart. You want to know how the other Beach...
MM: It’s funny, but I didn’t know Codeine Velvet Club was you. I love the album and I had no idea it was you. So, I was surprised when I read that on Wikipedia yesterday. JF: Ah, well, it seems like a long time ago. It was just something I did for the pleas...
soaring, with a feeling of sweetly psychedelic pop. This is the only instance on the album where I could see a section existing outside of the album as a standalone “single” track, whereas the rest of the pieces feel like they are very much connected as part of the overall body of ...
You will already know that his parents sent him for electro-shock therapy at the age of 17 to “cure” him of his burgeoning, “worrying” homosexuality, that he was part of Andy Warhol’s “Factory” and got Andy to paint a cheeky banana on the cover of his band’s debut album, th...
Finally, if there was no “Leader of the Pack” there would be no “Bat Out of Hell.” Jim Steinman is a hero. LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE ALBUM WITH AN OPEN MIND. Forget every karaoke version of “Paradise…..” you’ve ever heard. “Bat Out of Hell” is the tropiest/most genius alb...
Photo: Wikipedia 1 Eric Clapton / Pattie Boyd / George Harrison George Harrison, like the other members of the Beatles, was no stranger to romantic drama, much of which centered on his wife, Pattie Boyd, and his good friend and collaborator, Eric Clapton. The whole thing started once ...
The opening lines of The Beatles’ song bear a resemblance to ‘I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Have Never Met)’, which appeared on Dylan’s 1964 albumAnother Side Of Bob Dylan. Here I stand, head in hands Turn my face to the wall ...