Happy Monday Cats and Kittens!! We take today's Ocho-rific Song o the Day from today's date in history.
If you're like me, you read that twice and your mind starts trying to remind you of Ed
Sullivan; who has of course always been the source of the Beatles first visit on U.S. soil - however, what I've learned in preparing today's blog is that Jack Paar was the first person to "show" the Beatles on American T.V.
I've also learned that Jack Paar is a little narcissistic and seems to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder about the whole thing, but I don't know that we'll get into that in this post because I need to make hay while the sun shines today - :)
Anywho, I was able to find a video in which Jack Paar explains that he was actually the first person to air the Beatles on U.S. TV.
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And now, for today's
1964 - The Beatles made their first appearance on U.S. television in a film clip shown on the "Jack Paar Show." It was a performance of the song "She Loves You."
If you're like me, you read that twice and your mind starts trying to remind you of Ed
I've also learned that Jack Paar is a little narcissistic and seems to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder about the whole thing, but I don't know that we'll get into that in this post because I need to make hay while the sun shines today - :)
Anywho, I was able to find a video in which Jack Paar explains that he was actually the first person to air the Beatles on U.S. TV.
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And now, for today's
Ocho-rific Song o the Day...
She Loves You - the Beatles - 1963
She Loves You - the Beatles - 1963
::from SongMeanings.net::
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
You think you lost your love,
Well I saw her yesterday - yi - yay.
She sats she loves you,
And you know that can�t be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.
She said you hurt her so,
She almost lost her mind,
And now she says she knows,
You�re not the hurting kind.
She says she loves you,
And you know that can�t be bad,
She says she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
You know it�s up to you,
I think it�s only fair,
Pride can hurt you too,
Apologize to her.
Because she loves,
And you know that can�t be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
Yeh, yeh, yeh,
Yeh, yeh, yeh.
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
You think you lost your love,
Well I saw her yesterday - yi - yay.
She sats she loves you,
And you know that can�t be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.
She said you hurt her so,
She almost lost her mind,
And now she says she knows,
You�re not the hurting kind.
She says she loves you,
And you know that can�t be bad,
She says she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
You know it�s up to you,
I think it�s only fair,
Pride can hurt you too,
Apologize to her.
Because she loves,
And you know that can�t be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
Yeh, yeh, yeh,
Yeh, yeh, yeh.
::WIKI "FACTS"::
"She Loves You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an idea by McCartney, originally recorded by The Beatles for release as a single in 1963. The single set and surpassed several records in the United Kingdom charts, and set a record in the United States by being one of the five Beatles songs which held the top five positions in the American charts simultaneously. It is The Beatles' best-selling single in the United Kingdom, and was the best selling single in Britain in 1963.
"She Loves You" was credited to "Lennon/McCartney" as were all subsequent songs written by the pair and released during the remainder of the band's tenure. With the exception of the single version of "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You", all prior songs were credited as "McCartney/Lennon".[1] The sequence was a source of controversy when McCartney changed it to "McCartney/Lennon" for some live versions released later in his career.[2]
This was the first song by The Beatles to be heard by a substantial number of Americans; the only United States release by The Beatles that had even charted before that was "From Me to You", which lasted three weeks in August 1963, never going higher than number 116.
In November 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "She Loves You" as the 64th Greatest Song of All Time. In October 2005, Uncutmagazine named "She Loves You" as the third biggest song that changed the world, behind Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" and Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone".
In August 2009, at the end of its "Beatles Weekend", BBC Radio 2 announced that "She Loves You" was The Beatles' all-time best-selling single in the UK based on information compiled by The Official Charts Company.[3]
McCartney and Lennon started composing "She Loves You" after a concert at the Majestic Ballroom in Newcastle as part of their tour with Roy Orbison and Gerry & The Pacemakers. They began writing the song on the tour bus, and continued it later that night at their hotel in Newcastle.[4][5] In 2003, plans to install a plaque at the hotel were stalled after it turned out neitherPaul McCartney nor Ringo Starr, the surviving Beatles, could recall whether it was the Imperial Hotel or the Royal Turk's Head where the group had stayed.[6]
The other circumstances under which the song was written are generally agreed upon. In 2000 McCartney said: "There was a Bobby Rydell song out at the time "Forget Him" and, as often happens, you think of one song when you write another. We were in a van up in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. I'd planned an 'answering song' where a couple of us would sing 'she loves you' and the other ones would answer 'yeah yeah'. We decided that was a crummy idea but at least we then had the idea of a song called 'She Loves You'. So we sat in the hotel bedroom for a few hours and wrote it — John and I, sitting on twin beds with guitars." It was completed the following day at McCartney's family home at Forthlin Road, Liverpool.[7] Unusually for a love song, the lyrics were written in the third person. This idea was attributed by Lennon to McCartney in 1980: "It was Paul's idea: instead of singing 'I love you' again, we’d have a third party. That kind of little detail is still in his work. He will write a story about someone. I'm more inclined to write about myself".[7]
The British music establishment at that time found the phrase "yeah" controversial. National radio in the form of the BBCbroadcast the single and "in some quarters it was seen to hail the collapse of civilised society".[8] Lennon, being mindful ofElvis Presley's "All Shook Up", wanted something equally as stirring: "I don't know where the 'yeah yeah yeah' came from. I remember when Elvis did "All Shook Up" it was the first time in my life that I had heard 'uh huh', 'oh yeah', and 'yeah yeah' all sung in the same song".[9] "The 'wooooo' was taken from The Isley Brothers' 'Twist And Shout'. We stuck it in everything".[10]McCartney recalls them playing the finished song on acoustic guitars to his father at home immediately after the song was completed: "We went into the living room [and said] 'Dad, listen to this. What do you think? And he said 'That's very nice son, but there's enough of these Americanisms around. Couldn't you sing "She loves you, yes, yes, yes!". At which point we collapsed in a heap and said 'No, Dad, you don't quite get it!'".[11]
::Extra Goodies::
As I did one last check to make sure I hadn't missed any little YouTube gem, I found that Ed Sullivan and Jack Parr evidently BOTH told a lie - THIS clip appears to be a clip from the CBS Evening News - it appears that at the beginning someone has added a "current" CBS tag.
CBS News has an article on the story as well - though I haven't found any video over there.
Anywho - I can't personally confirm that this is the actual clip, but it's absolutely delicious vintage footage ... and Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar lied .... and isn't that really all that matters?
Enjoy!!
As I did one last check to make sure I hadn't missed any little YouTube gem, I found that Ed Sullivan and Jack Parr evidently BOTH told a lie - THIS clip appears to be a clip from the CBS Evening News - it appears that at the beginning someone has added a "current" CBS tag.
CBS News has an article on the story as well - though I haven't found any video over there.
Anywho - I can't personally confirm that this is the actual clip, but it's absolutely delicious vintage footage ... and Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar lied .... and isn't that really all that matters?
Enjoy!!
Until next time...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!!
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