Tag: George Harrison

  • Earworm Wednesday: It’s Johnny’s Birthday

    If you have a John or a Johnny in your life and if today happens to be their birthday, then this song is for them.

    Happy Birthday, John!

  • Earworm Wednesday: George and the Devil

    Sometimes I plan these songs out ahead of time. And then sometimes you wake up in the morning with a song in your head.

    If you never met me, you might not know what a huge Beatles fan I am. As such, I do have fun with some of the deeper cuts on their albums that most people forget about. “Devil in her Heart” is a song written by Richard B. Drapkin and recored by The Donays and released in 1962. Though a good song, it wasn’t a hit in the US or UK, but it made an impression on The Beatles. I always loved how those four guys loved American girl groups, to the point that I think they tried to copy those harmonies in other songs that they wrote.

    For comparison, here’s the original:

  • ODDS and ENDS: Lest we Forget, Frederick Douglass, and…

    (Many miles away…)

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

    Frederick Douglass had a some thoughts on free speech.

    Now the darkness only stays at night time
    In the morning it will fade away 
    Daylight is good 
    At arriving at the right time 
    But it’s not always going 
    To be this grey

  • Tax Day and Some Other Stuff

    This seems appropriate…

    Really, I’m using this as an excuse to play a Beatles song.

    But taxes are due today, as I am sure everyone is aware. Funny how with everything going on in the world today, and also in a Manhattan courtroom, no one is talking about “Tax Day.”

    Also, and this has nothing to do with anything, as I know only four of you are seeing this, but I think that I want to start branching out with the blog into using different media for expression. I have been putting up more and more videos of late. Though I haven’t done this in a while, I was putting my sketches up on my IG, and now I’m thinking I might move them over to this. I haven’t found the knack of creating memes, but if I could, I think I would put them up here as well.

    I guess what I am saying is that this blog will always be that; a blog – written posts covering my personal observations and reviews of whatever media I take in that garners a reaction from me. But occasionally, I will be adding other things, to add some variety and keep me on my toes.

    Yeah, that sounds good.

  • Because I Can (Beatles Edition)

    I love this song, and this television appearance to promote the song is just silly.