I'm listening to "Oh Darling" on side one. It sounds like maybe a Fats
Domino influence. Can anyone confirm or deny that McCartney knew and
admired or was inspired by Fats the way he so obviously "did" Little Richard
in the early days? I tried to look up "Oh Darling" on the 'official'
www.thebeatles.com but it seems to be totally preoccupied with "pushing
units". BTW, who told the list about that phrase? I love it.
Anyway, on a related page, http://www.getback.org/breflib/teens.html , I saw
this sage advice for today's parents of teens:
[[
5. When your teen asks, "Like what's so great about the Beatles, huh?" don't
play "A Day in the Life" again. Instead buy the Greatest Hits of 1963.
Program your CD player to spew out "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Surf City," and
The Singing Nun over and over. When your teen comes crawling for mercy, say,
"That was life before the Beatles." ]]
I also found this joke, attributed to America's David Letterman at
http://www.getback.org/breflib/top10.html:
Q: How do you know that the other Beatles don't like you?
A: After you spent the week working on a painting for the cover,
they decide to go with "The White Album"
As America's poet Chuck Berry once entreated, "Roll over Beethoven, dig
these rhythm and blues."
Lama
