What the Beatles taught me

If you ever get blind-sided by life’s problems on some idle Tuesday (Yes! Baz Luhrmann) you can listen to “The Sun Screen Song” or “Here Comes the Sun.” 

I find the Beatles to be a big part of my optimism. I have a memory associated with almost every song, a song for every mood, a song I want to play for every one of my friends. So put a record on, and gently place the needle in place- it’s time for a song.

What the Beatles taught me-

of Laughter/Satire

• Mean Mr. Mustard
• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
• Piggies
• Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
• Lady Madonna

of Friendship

• With a little Help from my Friends
• In My life 
• Here Today (Paul MacCartney)

of sheer Brilliance

• A Day in the Life
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps
• Come Together

of the je ne sais quoi behind keeping it simple

• Black Bird
• I Want to Hold Your Hand

of Home

• Two of Us (my mom says she hears this song every time her plane is about to land at JFK)
• Hello, Goodbye (The first song I learned as a child)
• Good Night (Every Parent should play this for his/her baby)

of Happiness

• Here Comes the Sun
• Good Day Sunshine
• I’ve Got a Feeling
• Ob-la-di Ob-la-da

To dream of another world even while your feet are on the ground

• Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Strawberry Fields Forever
• Octopus’s Garden
• I am the Walrus

The Dreadful Ex-other douche bags and bitches of the past

• The Night Before
• I’m Looking Through You
• If You got Trouble
• No Reply

of Self (and by self, myself)

• Nowhere Man
• I’m Only Sleeping
• Rocky Raccoon

of Rock and Roll

• Back in the USSR
• Hey Bulldog
• I Saw Her Standing There
• Revolution

of Love and how it is ALL YOU NEED (All You Need is Love)

• Got to Get You into My Life
• Love (John Lennon)

of Infatuation

• Michelle
• Here, There and Everywhere
• Something
• If I fell
• I’ve just seen a face
• Honey Pie

of Life

• Across the Universe
• Magical Mystery Tour
• Imagine (John Lennon)
• Because
• When I’m Sixty-Four

George Martin once said: “Each generation as it grows up, finds the Beatles for themselves-my children found it for themselves, my grandchildren have found it for themselves, and it will go on- it really will”

I can truly say that I have found the Beatles for myself, and I have been touched by their music in so many ways. 

Some awesome footage from their LAST performance on the roof of Apple Studio in Savile Row- aka. the Rooftop Concert of 1969.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqiAl84ipIk

Peace&Love

and in the the end,

the Love you take is equal to the Love you make