Take The Taste Test, Blindfolds Unnecessary, Just Use Your Ears.

Tell me if you can relate to this next paragraph! I’m not really sure if I’m prejudice, stubborn, unpersuadable or just plain deaf to uncountable Lennon/McCartney’s musical competitors, but nobody can work a Beatles song like the Beatles when they were the Beatles. Artists who attempt to cover a tune, any tune penned and performed by the Fab Four, lose much of the magic sound compared to the original release played by my heroes. Geez, even lefty can’t supply the soul winning pleasure and goosebumps circling my body associated with awestruck bliss by the true recordings embedded inside this fanatical writer’s loyal heart. And I’m not refereeing to Paul’s aging voice problem, his early Wing concerts failed the test, in my mind, that he too, missed huge portions of Beatle greatness simply by using other musicians in his new band. Yet, every time the Beatles took another recording artist’s hit song and covered the original, I’d shift a complete flip-flop and all my enthusiasm always leaned toward the Liverpool mop-tops rendition as superior to their influential idol. Dare you argue with evidence such as ‘Twist And Shout’ - ‘Boys’ - ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ - ‘Money’ - ‘Please Mr. Postman’ - ‘Long Tall Sally’ - ‘Rock And Roll Music and ‘Words Of Love’? Still not convinced? How about each of you take a taste test and see if we agree?

Click here for what thrilled the Beatles about Twist and Shout––the Isley Brothers version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTaqn8_gMR0

Click here for the masterful Beatles bringing the house down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVWot_xrxE

Boys, as recorded by the Shirelles; click here for the girls’ rendition released in 1960:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnIhCCVmLEs 

Take a moment and enjoy an audio/video of Ringo surrounded by his mates singing ‘Boys’ by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu9j4syEJDE   

Click here for Chuck Berry’s Roll Over Beethoven smash single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3kCVFFLNg

Now, click here and watch the students outperform the master: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90uCp8Jj_TU

Click here for Barret Strong’s original 1959 release of Money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVx1C73o8k

Now, try out the Beatles rendition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVAPvyGr5mY

Take a listen to the Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipwWNf3NcJg

Now, listen to the Beatles rendition: https://binged.it/2l6fq8c

Little Richard’s Long Tall Sally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OfhmVmhL7s

Hear the Beatles rock out with Sally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGWUUEQ0Bt0

Take a listen to Chuck Berry's arrangement idea on his original release 'Rock And Roll Music':               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XSaKQlBZuE

Now, our Beatles, live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-pCaks-coQ

And last but not least, Buddy Holly’s original 1957 Words Of Love:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfollv1111I

Compare it to the Beatles Words Of Love sound: http://www.vevo.com/watch/the-beatles/words-of-love/GBUV71301718

Please note that you must understand, Beatles music for me was never an issue about acquired taste, No, no, no. Their sound and style sold me into enamored devotion within nine seconds upon my first introduction to “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” Likewise, each brilliantly crafted tune following the last held me spellbound

What about alternate takes made by my favorite foursome, you may wonder? I’m fascinated with them. The extra verse four in “I’ll Cry Instead” - Stereo. The flubbed guitar start in “I’m Looking Through You” - Stereo. The extra minute of jamming in “Helter Skelter” - Stereo. And the Crème De La Crème outtakes included inside The Anthology treasures, as well as, never heard before gems from the Sgt. Pepper Deluxe package. I love listening to those––almost got it right tracks!

In closing, as great as these four individuals were at gifting us all their solo album material, I will be the first to stand firm believing nobody comes close to the perfect music blend these Lads of Liverpool brought to the planet when joined as a cooperative unit. It's as if they knew just how to bring out the best in each other only within the 1960's. 

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