Friday, May 20, 2022

More Fab Four Friyay!

I realize that I am an unapologetic Beatles freak. But sometimes I feel like the end of Hey Jude is a gift to humanity. Bigger than The Beatles, bigger than us. Bigger than any god. - XMASTIME

One of rock's most distinguished critics SURPRISE SURPRISE agrees with me (having gone back in time to 1993, of course):

In his entry for the song in his 1993 book Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles, Paul Williams describes it as a "song about breathing". He adds: "'Hey Jude' kicks ass like Van Gogh or Beethoven in their prime. It is, let's say, one of the wonders of this corner of creation ... It opens out like the sky at night or the idea of the existence of God."

Xmastime agrees!

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