Those freakin Beatles

I don't really listen to the Beatles that much. Not right now at least. I used to think they were super overrated and all that, but now I respect them as songwriters, and as a massive influence on almost every single musician in existence. And they're kinda fun to listen to. Although I just read that they didn't play any concerts for paying fans after 1966, and basically became a studio band. Very interesting.

Everybody has their favorite Beatle. I'm not actually sure who my favorite is. I really like John Lennon (Kurt's favorite Beatle), but I just absolutely abhor "Imagine." The song just annoys me. I don't like the lyrics and the piano hook pisses me off. Just putting that out there. As for the others; Paul is pretty cool, George is a great guitarist (I actually mean that. He didn't try to show off how good he was), and there's Ringo, who is just Ringo. I really need to get used to them more before I pick my favorite (just like Otter Pops).

This is not a post about how I hate "Imagine," though (I probably could, but I know some people who love the song. Sorry Cat, didn't mean to offend you), it's about the Beatles. I'm not the biggest Beatle fan you could know, but I do have my favorite songs by them. Like "Happiness Is A Warm Gun." Great title. The song itself is pretty hazy, like a cloud of... yeah. There's a bunch of unnecessary time changes (like drugs/stuff), a warm/fuzzy guitar solo (like a needle), and a really, really great ending. The kind that you can sing along that's not a stupid cheesy stadium anthem (COUGH COUGH JOURNEY COUGH). The fact that the Breeders covered it on Pod has a little (read: a lot) to do with me liking it. I like the Breeders version better, except instead of the cheerful release at the end of the song, Kim pretty much whispers the title over the resigned sighs of an acoustic guitar. It works, but it's not as good as John's calls of jubilation. I also like "Yesterday," even though it's been covered way too many times. Wonder what it would sound with without the violins. My very favorite is "Octopus's Garden," and it's a Ringo song. Dunno. I like it. It's innocent without being corny, has a guitar solo worth the $10 I bought Abbey Road for, and after looking it up on YouTube, I realized I had heard it before. Like when I was really, really young. This version.