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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 26 2017, 01:28 PM (122 Views) | |
| Catseye3 | Aug 26 2017, 01:28 PM Post #1 |
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Fulla-Carp
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All day I've had a "Yesterday" earworm. Normally this would drive me crazy after awhile, but I think I appreciate it more than I did before. I looked up the song on the Internetz and found some interesting trivia. - This is the most covered pop song of all time, with over 3,000 versions recorded according to The Guinness Book Of World Records. - It was the first time a Beatle recorded without the others, and marked a shift to more independent accomplishments among the group. - A string quartet was brought in to play on this track. In addition to the strings, this is notable as one of the first pop songs to use elements of classical music. - This was the first Beatles song to capture a mass adult market. - McCartney says that when he performed it on Sullivan, just before the curtain opened a stagehand asked him, "Are you nervous?" "No," Paul lied, to which the man responded, "You should be. There's 73 million people watching." - This song caused a rift between McCartney and Yoko Ono. I gather it is not difficult to have a rift with Yoko Ono, who if she is not the all-time winner of the "Person Who Should Never Sing Anything Ever" contest, should be. - This was featured in the 1997 movie Bean, when the title character (played by Rowan Atkinson) sings it with David Langley (played by Peter MacNicol) as they trot home one night. Imagine that! For more, goto http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=82 |
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| Horace | Aug 26 2017, 01:44 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I love that song. I've heard it cited as proof of McCartney's songwriting talent. Not that proof is needed with that huge body of work, but apparently, that song alone proves it. I'm not sure why, since I don't know anything about songwriting, but its combination of simplicity and beauty is striking. |
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| Catseye3 | Aug 26 2017, 01:51 PM Post #3 |
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Fulla-Carp
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I agree, and in fact you said it: it's the simplicity and the smooth-flowingness. I have the same feeling about Elvis' 'Love Me Tender'. I heard it one late night on the radio, no other sounds around anywhere in the universe. Just him and the guitar. I stopped what I was doing and listened. I'd heard it any number of times before, but it just took my breath away. You could hear his fingertips squeaking on the guitar strings. |
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| George K | Aug 26 2017, 02:05 PM Post #4 |
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Finally
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Yeah, but Elvis didn't write that song.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Aug 26 2017, 02:06 PM Post #5 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Melody. It has a real melody, which is so untrue of so much popular music. |
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| Larry | Aug 26 2017, 02:15 PM Post #6 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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The best version of "Yesterday" was performed by a 14 year old filipina on Australia's X Factor in her initial audition. On the strength of that performance, she went on to become a fairly successful recording artist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymVqejAlLlI |
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 27 2017, 12:04 PM Post #7 |
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Emperor Pengin
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Can't stand the song. I want to drive an icepick through my head whenever I hear it. |
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