Posts From Colin Fleming
The Blended Shane MacGowan: On the Death and Life of a Genius
The music of MacGowan and the Pogues is some of the most urgent you’ll ever experience. That immediacy is stunning.
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Gotta Bludgeon: The Delightfully Punishing, Hell-for-Leather Second Take of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’
Close your eyes and it’s not hard to picture George Martin in the control booth, thinking, “What on earth are we doing tonight?”
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The Important Half: John Lennon, ‘Julia’ and Singing to Reach
“The song, inspired by John’s late mother, “is brave, because in the delivery we hear a singer willing to be transported.”
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10 Essential Rolling Stones Blues Songs
London’s finest were ace purveyors of the blues from the very start of their career. Our look back at highlights of the Stones’ blues-drenched catalog
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Session Kings: The Beatles at the BBC on July 16, 1963
One of the finest sessions in all of rock and roll history, this marathon date captured the band at its performing peak.
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Color-Coded Love: A Bounty of Affection for the Beatles’ ‘Red Album’
If one was not there when the Beatles happened, there’s a strong chance that the ‘Red Album’ was the point of romantic entry.
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Lunar Love: Reappraising the Value of the Beatles’ Cover of ‘Mr. Moonlight’
There are some who claim it was the worst thing they ever recorded. We take a closer look at the obscure R&B tune and find otherwise.
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Paul McCartney: The Beatles’ ‘Other’ Consummate Guitarist
The Beatles had three guitarists. One of them doesn’t get nearly as much credit as he deserves. We look at Paul McCartney’s guitar work.
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‘Yellow Submarine’ Before It Was ‘Yellow Submarine’— A Naked Submersible, Sung By John Lennon
Most fans had no idea that these early compositional demos of the song existed. Now that we do, we can never think of it the same way again.
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