CD CD

I have a handful of CD's to try out, borrowed from friends due to this blog. That's great, because I like the repetition of CD's over the radio in my car. Yes, repetition is good.

• Beatles' One
• U2's Joshua Tree
• Another U2 I haven't listened to yet and don't remember . . . newer (200 maybe?)

The way I have to learn a cd is simple: I start with one song that I know (like U2's I Still Haven't Found what I'm Looking For is track 3). I let the cd play until it annoys me, then skip ahead to the one song I know and repeat. Eventually, I start to learn the song that follows my first song (track 4). Eventually this leads to track 5, then all the way through the cd.

See why I can't stand the radio? They're all mixed up and I don't know any of the songs!

Today's song is . . .
Beatles' Hello Goodbye



Love this video - they look like they're just goofing off, fits the light tone of the lyrics.

Meet the Beatles

Apparently, they're number one. According to Billboard. According to Rolling Stone. According to RAII. They top all the lists. They are, irrefutably, number one.

I don't know why. Ok, I really shouldn't confess this, but I don't get it. Of course, I've only sampled a few songs, but the lyrics are shallow . . . Maybe I just need to find the right songs?

"We all live in a yellow submarine" sounds like a kid's song. That's fine, but really, all we need is love? "Yesterday" was a bit better lyrically, but still seemed simplistic.

Exactly! Simplistic. Idealistic. Happy. I suppose those aren't bad things, probably the very things that made them famous. Just feels immature to me? Man, I'm such a cynic!

I'm not saying I don't like them, I just don't get why they're number one. Truth is, I think I just need to keep trying them.

Today's song is . . .
The Beatles's "Help!"



Definitely my favorite out of the five or so I listened to, although the song's opening is a bit too much. (Wasn't that used for some commercial? I think that ruins it for me.)

Also, I like this video of it (maybe from the film? I dunno). For one thing, it gives me a close up of their faces, although I don't know which is which. Also, it has a nice aesthetic simplicity.