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This is another song that was covered by numerous bands before The Beatles took it and made it their own. “Roll Over Beethoven” was a Chuck Berry song that was one of his early hits. This song would be a stable of The Beatles in their early years as one of the building blocks they…
“Slow Down” was released as a single in the United States but was part of the same E.P. that featured “Long Tall Sally” (the song that kicked off this year’s Beatles Week). BeatleSongs tells us it was written and performed by Larry Williams (who?) and it was not a major hit for him, but when The…
Originally by Little Richard this song was covered by several other artists including The Kinks before The Beatles released it in 1964. The lead track off the Long Tall Sally E.P. then eventually on the Past Masters compilation which gathers the various non-album tracks. In the United States it was released as the B-side to…
Welcome to my annual Beatles Week. No, I’m not going to have a week’s worth of posts about The Beatles (which I could easily do). Instead I will be having regular blog post, only the post’s titles will be taken from titles of songs the band has released over the course of their career. Since within…
I want to go back to The Damned, but focus alternately that Seattle compilation album. I stumbled upon Another Damned Seattle Compilation in the early 90s when I was regularly perusing a variety of record stores. You know, during the time in your life when you have more disposable income than you realize and don’t…
Yes, I know, it’s been a few weeks. Hopefully this will make up for that. I have quite a few pictures so let’s jump into it. Over the last couple of weeks we had (on separate nights) the Winter Concert for the school. One night Déla and August performed with their classes. Unfortunately August is…
I love The Damned. While they aren’t one of my all-time favorite bands, of the “classic” punk rock scene of the late 70s in England, they are my favorite (besting even The Clash and The Sex Pistols). Why? They weren’t afraid to mix it up and have fun. Stylistically they started out as straight on…
Tevye is our sixth child. That’s a lot of parenting experience so far. Recently I purchased a rain cover for the stroller. Well, the replacement stroller. It was cheap enough and I figured I would be using it a lot this winter. The last time I was in this position of having to use the…
This morning while getting ready for school August (age 11) came up to me as said when he grows up he wants to be an extra in a Marvel movie. “Oh?” I said. I admired his realistic take on having a dream, but would have hoped for him to shoot for something a little bit grander. “Yeah!”…