Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!
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The Beatles - Baby You’re a Rich Man
This song is a combination of two unfinished songs from John and Paul, like Sgt. Pepper’s A Day in the Life. John’s contribution were the verses sung in falsetto, and Paul’s were the chant-like chorus.
John’s section was originally titled One of the Beautiful People, which was inspired by the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream that took place before the song was recorded. He attended the event where Pink Floyd headlined.
George Harrison, together with Pattie Boyd, Neil Aspinall, and Derek Taylor, performed this song in a local park near San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district on August 7, 1967.
The Beatles - Back in the USSR
Written by Paul McCartney in Rishikesh, India, Back in the USSR was inspired by Chuck Berry’s Back In The USA and the Beach Boys’ California Girls. It was intended to be a parody of Berry’s Back In The USA.
“It’s tongue in cheek. This is a travelling Russkie who has just flown in from Miami Beach; he’s come the other way. He can’t wait to get back to the Georgian mountains: ‘Georgia’s always on my mind’; there’s all sorts of little jokes in it… I remember trying to sing it in my Jerry Lee Lewis voice, to get my mind set on a particular feeling. We added Beach Boys style harmonies.” - Paul McCartney
Although the song caused a negative response among American fans, with many believing that the Fab Four were encouraging communism, it became a favorite among Russian fans, who head the song through tapes smuggled into the country.
Brandi Carlile—Closer To You/I’ve Just Seen A Face
First of all: it’s Brandi Carlile doing a Beatles cover. Every time she says “she” and “her” it warms the little cockles of my heart.
