I asked for and received an extension on my weekly Easy Listening Sunday segment this Labor Day weekend, which explains its absence yesterday. I apologize to the three readers out there, somewhere, who sat for naught on emotional pins and needles awaiting their weekly Sunday tune. I have a deep confession: I don't really like the Beatles. I know, blasphemy! Will someone out there just give me a holler or at least an 'amen' to let me know that I'm not the only one that feels this way about this British boy band from the days of yore? I do however like women, but I'm more of a one-woman sort of a guy, so to be accurate (tho' not necessarily grammatical) 'I like woman.'
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I may not like the Beatles, but I can recognize the genius of John Lennon. His song writing abilities from what I can discern with my amateur bag of musical knowledge is awesome. If given an assignment to compose a love song or poem (1), the general result would be a comedy of cliched and corny rhymes, and trite metaphors. Yes, this is a 'pop' song, one that could epitomize the easy listening genre, and consequently easy to dismiss, yet I challenge anyone to write something comparable.
1. Genres that are two sides of the same coin? Discuss.