Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
> 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?
1. On McCartney's most recent "Run Devil Run" CD-a collection
of oldies, he does a song which is (I'm pretty sure) a Fats...It's
called "My Coquette" or something like that. I know as a teen
he was into the American R&B artists, so I'm sure he was aware
of Mr. Domino.
2. One night whilst driving, I was listening to my fave No Cal
station, KMUD (http://www.kmud.org) and they were playing
all fifties stuff that night. A song came on that sounded almost
exactly like "Oh! Darling". Same chords and all. Of course
it was different in places, but made this Beatle fan's jaw drop.
I never did get the name or artist.
> 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." ]]
Funny and oh! so true....
RR
