This is my first attempt at blogging. I was always the first one to laugh about the whole concept. I guess I don't care. You don't have to read this if you don't want to.
Tonight I had to learn the song "Girl" for my beatle band rehearsal tomorrow. Here's a shocker - my mind was blown AGAIN by these guys. I think we're 70 songs into their catalogue, and the genius continues to be revealed in what they did. John wrote this song when he was 25 or so. When I'm learning the melody and the phrasing, I could have sworn it was something given to us by one of our elders. Such a sophisticated melody, sounding timeless. And not an easy one to sing. For me, anyway. But you find out why they were compelled to accentuate the breathing in sound on the choruses. You really run out of breath there, being no time for a breath at the end of the verse. It's just the natural place for a breath. And Lennon, being the smart ass that he was, probably needed to take the piss out of the fact that he was singing so well. It's really beautiful - and not in a pretty, sensitive way. In a purely workmanlike way. The Liverpoodlians (sp?) would have wanted to underscore the toughness. But the work ethic made them need to be great in contrast to it. The tough guy artist, if you will.
In any event, it's a great tune to be able to play - hope I do it justice!
Cheers
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