Number five, number five
The double helix is essentially the Sgt. Peppers of scientific models, a ladder that's been melted and twirled by a pasta fork.... —"The Five Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While High," Cracked
Besame mucho
Decent Beatles joke, I thought. "There should be a Mexican Beatles cover band. But one of them should be American. They would be named ...wait for it..... John, Paul, George, and Gringo." From here.
Nothing’s gonna change my world…
Ofra Harnoy? Ofra Harnoy. ...except possibly this gaggle of Canadian string players delicately filleting offerings by our favorite band.(Via Five Bucks on By-Tor.)
He is right!
“I want to thank the Beatles for letting us use their room. Best band that ever was, best band that ever will be!” Mr. Joel shouted near the end, before belting one more Beatles song: “She Loves You.” —NYT, on Billy Joel's 7/16 show at Shea Stadium Here's the video… http://youtu.be/2hGhKg4gJtQ
"She’s Leaving Home"
http://youtu.be/m9fibYnDcy4 Frank Converse & the Cake doing "She's Leaving Home."(Via BoingBoing)
Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starr & Young
DEVIN McKINNEY • Another addition to the growing video library here at your favorite YouTube annex: Neil Young performing a Beatles classic to wind up a recent Dublin date. http://youtu.be/Od5MaiiUjtY Though Neil has never done much to associate himself with the Fabs, this song choice makes sense in at least one regard: I have always felt that the Young-Nitzsche "Expecting to Fly" [...]
Hey Jude
http://www.youtube.com/v/YXG83p2nkHw
They Said They Said
ED PARK • I remember seeing the Feelies open for R.E.M. back in 1986 (!), and remember them playing a great cover of "She Said She Said." A recent article in the Times about the group led me to do some wandering, and I came up with a nice snippet of the SSSS cover. (The Feelies, and their various side projects, performed [...]
A Cheap Trick?
Pinky asks: "Are people so mad for the Beatles, so many years later, that even a simulacrum brings them joy?"Read her report on Cheap Trick at the Hollywood Bowl, playing Sgt. Pepper on the occasion of its 41st anniversary.