At last! The first official Beatles analysis featuring James Corbett, fellow Beatles fanatic and podcaster extraordinaire. The plan is to do one Beatles song per album chronologically. Or if my followers would prefer, we can do more cuts from this record before moving on. Most likely, if there's no preference or no response one way or the other, we'll probably just move on to the next record and pick a song from that.
So much to be said about this performance. First, I implanted two classic Beatles licks during the course of the song. This is a Where's Waldo kind of thing. See if you can find them! 'On Broadway,' for us, has always been open-ended in terms of the arrangement of the song. Basically, we turn it into a 'jam band' song and do whatever strikes in the moment. In some of our older performances, we morphed the song into 'Tequila' and the Kinks' 'You Really Got Me.' There's a nice little jam toward the end of this particular version. The general rule for this one is, 'go nuts, guys!'
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-BK6AGgOI
This was written and performed by a band known as 'The Zombies.' The lead singer was known for his breathy, (and probably sexy to the girls) voice. It's almost a hippie anthem.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYj4uEb19IQ
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