Very interesting! I happened to see what he had to say about "You Know My Name, Look Up The Number" and I wonder what any of the Beatles themselves would think of his analysis -- I know that it certainly was way more involved than I ever considered when I heard the song. But in typical musicologist manner, he does find some interesting links that I wonder whether the Beatles had in mind when they recorded the song.

Of extreme interest, though is the VERY sweeping copyright notice: "Copyright � 1999 by Alan W. Pollack. All Rights Reserved. This article may be reproduced, retransmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place."

It says, all rights reserved, then it grants the right to reproduce, etc. that article at will. Doesn't that grant anybody the right to print their own version of a book, earn money from Pollack's work, and not have to pay him anything, as long as his copyright notice accompanies each song's analysis? Seems like way too broad a copyright notice to publish on the web!



Darcy James Argue wrote:
Just thought I'd mention, while I was trying to figure out which came first, "MacArthur Park" or "Hey Jude," I stumbled across this site, which features really excellent, in-depth analysis of every single Beatles tune ever recorded, done by musicologist Alan Pollack:

<http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-notes_on.html>

Worth a look if you have any interest whatsoever in serious analysis of popular music.

- Darcy

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