Isn’t he a bit like you and me :: Breakfast With the Beatles Sunday

Jeremy Hillary Boob Nowhere Man :: The Beatles from the album, Rubber Soul Breakfast With the Beatles Sunday The Beatles music is something that my Mother passed down to me and my life, their songs forever alive in the musical spine and soul of who I am. The most significant loves of my life have all had an affinity for their music, as well, which has led to me passing on the love of their music to my children. The musical animated film Yellow Submarine is a favorite of my three children, one that my two youngest kids were obsessed … Continue reading Isn’t he a bit like you and me :: Breakfast With the Beatles Sunday

We have lost the time that was so hard to find :: Breakfast with The Beatles Sunday

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher You Won’t See Me :: The Beatles from the album, Rubber Soul Breakfast With the Beatles Sunday The danger with being involved with an artist who writes, be in a songwriter, or a writer of any kind, is that all of the contents, the high highs and low lows, the passion, the personal pieces, and especially the turmoil of a break-up have the ever potential of being part of the art. I myself hold things back because of this, keeping some writing tucked away out of the light because so much of my insides, and those … Continue reading We have lost the time that was so hard to find :: Breakfast with The Beatles Sunday

I once had a girl :: Breakfast with The Beatles Sunday

Rubber Soul Sessions, 1965 EMI Studios, London Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) :: The Beatles from the album, Rubber Soul Breakfast With the Beatles Sunday Quite possibly my favorite song by The Beatles, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (also known as simply Norwegian Wood) is a song by the Beatles, mainly written by John Lennon, with the middle eight co-written with Paul McCartney, released on the 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was the first example of a rock band playing the sitar in one of their songs; it was played by George Harrison. Harrison was new to the Sitar and took many takes to get it right. He … Continue reading I once had a girl :: Breakfast with The Beatles Sunday

But you can do something in-between :: Breakfast With the Beatles Sunday

The Beatles have had an enormous impact on my life ever since, well, birth, actually. They were, and still very much are, my Mother’s favorite band and their music filled our house more than often. The first songs I learned by heart were Beatles songs. Rubber Soul was always my favorite, which is why when I moved out on my own for the first time I snuck my Mother’s Rubber Soul vinyl out with me. The boy I first moved out with, who would become the Father of my oldest daughter, was a huge Beatles fan. He played their songs … Continue reading But you can do something in-between :: Breakfast With the Beatles Sunday