---Dedicated to Mr. Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sitting in a blue sea

Looking at you

My bells ring out

To get your attention

You look at me with your green eyes

 

You paw your face

Like it's a disgrace

You lick your own ass

And look at me like it's nothing important

 

Little girl made your point

By kneading your perch

Do you think you own me?

 

Meowing your intentions of

Snuggling with me in my blue sea

 

Huggies and scratches

 

 

 

 

As I'm digging into the catalogue of The Beatles, I'm really discovering just how much of an influence they have been in both what I compose on guitar, or in my style of playing, but also on my lyrical work.

 

To be honest, the only album of theirs I owned in my life prior to 9-9-09 was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. I've heard all of the other albums off and on over the years, and of course, the songs that everyone all seem to know.

 

I only need to buy With The Beatles, Help!, A Hard Day's Night, Revolver, Yellow Submarine, and Beatles For Sale.

 

I basically bought the CDs as to try to remember childhood memories in some cases, (Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road), rediscovery in others (White Album), and the I-kind-of-know-it-but-don't-remember-it (Let It Be) to the I-Simply-Do-Not-Know-It (Please, Please Me).

 

I really wanted to get Revolver today so I could have finished up my psychedelic portion of the collection, but I ended up with Past Masters, which is basically an album released in 1988 that gathered up the songs that were the singles, or songs not released on any album. I can now play Hey Jude with total utter love, crank it loud. But there's a song I heard that falls into the rediscovery category, and the history of it alone should be appreciated for how music is done today.

 

If you read about the song Rain, it's the song that the band essentially, according to George Harrision, "The first MTV video". It also seems to be the first song to use the art of recording something backwards for a song.

 

 

The "MTV Video Version (minus the backwards vocals)"

 

 

John sings it. I'm trying to play it properly on guitar (G-C-D), but Paul rules this with his bass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beggars and Hangers On

 

 

Micheal

 

 

 James Bond

 

 

November Rain

 

 

Sweet Child

 

 

Patience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On November 11, 1918, World War I ended with the Treaty of Versailles.

 

It is a day that is now known in America as Veteran's Day.

 

For one who wished to have served, this day I wish to celebrate with all of my friends qho are serving, who have served, or tried to serve.

 

May God Bless You.

 

Some of us

Have a way

To play

To use our hands

In such a way

To make music

 

You use your hands and fingers

To play the notes that evoke

Feeling

 

Some of us use guitars to

Speak our mind

We're all are in our own world when we solo

Leave us alone when we go there in our

Zone

 

Some of us play the drums rum pu pa pum

Me and my drum

We keep the beat, the silent ones

The aninmal

 

The bass keeps on grooving away

Helping me keep time

Perception of time

 

Voices calling

Hear me sing

Voices of a band

We can work it out

We can work it out

We can work it out

 

Won't you come out to play

Down to the final Beatle.

 

I know long before I was born, there were contests of "Which Beatle is the cutist?". If I were a girl back then, I'd probably pick Sir Paul. Of the four, he was the crooner, the Sinatra.

 

I never liked the movie Live And Let Die except for two things: a very yummy Jane Seymour, and the song. Mom used to play Band On The Run to put me down for a nap.

 

But, Sir Paul wrote the best Beatle song...the best damned sing-a-long song ever, IMHO.

 

Na na na na, na na na na na

 

 

In closing, I wish I could write songs like The Fab Four.

 

 

 

 

I have been struggling on how I should rank Sir Paul, or John, in posting. If you know me by now, you know which one who has influenced me most.

 

Back in 2002, I went to New York City to mend some of my wounds with what happened on 9-11-01.

 

I also found my way to visit  the footsteps of The Dakota,  where John died. I also walked and stood on Strawberry Fields.

 

 

At the time of his death, I didn't know how much of an influence he would be on my life as far as a musician.

 

To whit:

 

Dear Prudence

Greet the brand new day

We call it revolution

Well you know

I want to change the world

All we are saying

Is give peace a chance

Help!

So please help me

War is over

If you want it

War is over now

 

 

This Sunday is going to have one of the biggest games out there that's not a post-season game.

 

At work, I have Vikings fans who have hated #4 over the years for the EXACT same reasons why I have love him.

 

It was funny the day at work with the October 5th game, because I wore my Favre jersey that Steve and Marge gave me. I said it was to counter-act the ugly purple jersey. For the week after, I got several interesting jokes.

 

I made my retaliation plan plain.  I'm giving out string cheese sticks to my Vikings fans WHEN Green Bay beats them.

 

However, I'm probably considered a torn fan. I always want Brett Favre to succeed. But, on this rubbermatch, I want him to fail one time in Lambeau. He's a Hall of Famer first ballot, and he'll go in as a Packer.

 

May the best team win.

Ringo.

 

He's the guy in the back who keeps it going. Rhythm. A voice in the wilderness.

 

When I was in a band years ago, we used to have sometimes have one of those long jam sessions. Our jam song happened to be The Cranberries' Zombie.

 

It's siginificant for me, because, like Ringo yelled on Helter Skelter "I've got blisters on my fingers!" That's Ringo's infulence on my music.

 

Two of my favorite Ringo songs vocalwise are With A Little Help From My Friends and Yellow Submarine.

 

I remember some commercial he did where he mentioned his nose as being classy. I thought that was hilarious.

 

 

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm,I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna to try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody?
I just need someone to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Ooh, I get high with a little help from my friends
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends,
with a little help from my friends

As a suggestion from a good friend of mine, I would like to comment on each Beatle, individually, and how each impated my life.

 

George Harrison fascinates me becuase he's considered the quiet one, but yet, he did so much to help  the world with his concert for Bangladesh.

His influence for my guitar playing is Here Comes The Sun,  and When My Guitar Gently Weeps.

 

He did so many little things with his playing; picking and phrasing. He sang.

 

His work with helping southeast Asia inspires me. Help.

 

Come, come come, here it comes.

 

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right