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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Something for Thursday

For years I thought I hated the Beatles, until I realized that a bunch of songs that I've always loved are actually Beatles songs, and I thus concluded that while I don't care for the Beatles as performers, I think they were brilliant songwriters. I love the Beatles, it turns out. It's just that I love them when somebody else is singing their songs.

Here's my favorite of all Beatles songs, "In My Life", sung by Canadian singer-songwriter Alison Crowe.


Alison Crowe's website is here; I reviewed a couple of her CDs for GMR a while back, here and here. I like Ms. Crowe's work immensely, but I must admit that due to my own tendency to be forgetful about things I discover, I forgot about her -- and I've got an unlistened CD of hers sitting around here somewhere. I've got work to do....

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2 comments:

  1. Tosy And Cosh7/31/08, 9:21 AM

    Two good covers here:

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

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

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  2. LC Scotty8/4/08, 9:23 AM

    Here's my attempt at provocation:

    "A Hippie that doesn't like the Beatles?!?!one11!!?? Heresy!"

    Here endeth the provocation.

    Seriously, check out the soundtrack to "I am Sam". It's all Beatles covers, and most are quite good.

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