Hey Jude

Hey Jude is by far my favorite Beatles song. If you knew me personally, I think you would know why. Even though I kinda like Lennon better than McCartney, Hey Jude is pretty exceptional. I guess one could even call it a "legendary" song. There's not too much going on in a musical sense: no crazy electric guitar solos, no spectacular drum solos, no high pitched screaming of the lead vocalist, but somehow it manages to be a truly impressive and timeless song.

The beginning is kind of a vocal and acoustic guitar duet-ish thing which is soon added to by a tambourine and bass part. The tambourine is kind of a risky percussion instrument to use, but it matches the whole song surprisingly well. For the first 3 minutes or so, the song continues in this manner and then it switches to the well known "Na...na...na...na-na-na-na...etc." which continues for about 4 minutes. I actually didn't like this song for a while because of the four minutes of "na na na", but after a while it kind of grew on me and as I stated in the first sentence, it's my favorite song by The Beatles.

Basically, this song shows how simple rhythms and instrumental parts can be as effective as more complicated and intricate ones.