The Daily Beatle

- On the cultural etymology of "gear". - "10 musicians who saw the Beatles standing there." Fantastic line from Bi...

Around Valentine's Day, I started writing a post about The Beatles' greatest love songs, but I eventually scrapped it because of an ...

... + (more) drugs = ...

For the purposes of The Daily Beatle , my long-running Beach Boys kick will conclude with this post. Below is a rundown of basically every e...

An album that was both inspired by Rubber Soul and part of the motivation for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is always going to...

Returning to the several weeks-old topic of “Run for Your Life:” It’s interesting to consider “Run,” with its baldly misogynistic posture,...

... in haiku form. 1) "Drive My Car" 2) "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" 3) "You Won't See Me" 4) ...

John came to hate "Run": it's a vengeful, sexist threat against a girl's life.

In its guitarwork, "Someone" calls to mind the Byrds, whom George admired.

Recorded for Help! , "Wait" wound up on Rubber Soul and feels out of place.

It's John's reflection - a warm, heartfelt reflection - on youth, loss, and love.

"Through" shows Paul bitter: he's smarting from girlfriend woes and doling out blame.

Though playful at times, "Girl" tells of a cruel lass whom John can't get past.

John wrote "What Goes On", a country-tinged pop ditty that went to Ringo.

That's journalist Alan Howe's description of "Run for Your Life," a song I've been exploring of late. While I disagre...

A sweet lounge ballad, Paul's "Michelle" bursts with small charms, including some French.

In this post from last Saturday, I bestowed the honor of "My favorite song at the moment" on "Under My Thumb" by the Ro...

When The Beatles ask, "Have you heard the word is love", they're in hippie mode.

With his "word or two", George admonishes liars and hard-headed types.

John was "Nowhere Man", "sitting in his Nowhere Land", listless and unsure.