Saturday, November 14, 2009

COMPOSITIONS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST

1."MARTHA MY DEAR"-THE BEATLES
THE WHITE ALBUM

THIS IS AN INTERESTING PIECE OF McCARTNEY WORK BECAUSE
IT SOUNDS SO SIMILAIR TO PAULS LATER SOLO AND "WINGS"
RECORDINGS.IT COULD BE RIGHT IN PLACE ON NEARLY ANY-
ONE OFF THOSE LATER EFFORTS BY PAUL AND FIT RIGHT IN
AND YET IT'S QUITE A FEW YEARS AHEAD OF WHEN THOSE
RECORDS WOULD ACTUALLY BE MADE.IT HAS THAT SAME
SINGULAR McCARTNEY SOUND THAT PAUL WOULD REFER TO
TIME AND TIME AGAIN AFTER HE LEFT THE BEATLES.THE
BOUNCING PIANO MELODY-AND CAREFREE LYRICS-THAT
TURNED OUT TO BE ABOUT A BIG SHEEPDOG ! BUT THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT;IT'S JUST THE WAY IT SEEMS
TO PROJECT INTO PAULS FUTURE MUSIC WHEN YOU HEAR IT
NOW-SO MANY YEARS BEFORE HE WOULD ACTUALLY GET TO
MAKING THOSE RECORDS-IT'S UNCANNY ! ME THINKS SO.

PETE HOLLY-2009-COPYRIGHT-ALL RIGHT RESERVED

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