[Publius]

ROCKUMENTARY: FEBRUARY 22, 1964

#2 – The Beatles: “She Loves You”

Take the time to listen to how McCartney constructs the song. Paul labored over his songs the way George Gershwin did a generation before, working hard to get just the right effect.

The Beatles: “She Loves You”

[ConorMacNessa]

Some years back I read an essay by Ned Rorem discussing songs in which he analyzed, among other songs, "Michelle" by Paul McCartney. I have forgotten most of the substance of that essay, but he made an observation about an early key shift in the song that was telling and linked it musically to the works of Poulenc.

I'm not a Beatlemaniac, although many of their songs resonate strongly with me, but I was struck by that assertion on the part of Rorem.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)