Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Please Please Me


Well you can say what you like about Dr Winston O'Boogie but he knew a good record when he heard one.

Arthur Alexander - 'Anna (Go To Him)' (1962)

7 comments:

  1. Thanks for another classic. Where do you find all these gems?

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  2. I have loved it long time...

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  3. Never heard this version before. Nice.

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  4. This is so weird, Davy. This song has been in my head for weeks (the Beatles version), up to and including this morning. And I have no idea why.

    Did the love-triangle lyrical content and the musical melodramatics of the bridge inspire This Boy (Ringo's Theme)? Discuss.

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  5. Psychic waves across the ocean again Emmett, clearly. I can hear echoes of this in 'This Boy' now you mention it; along with a good dollop o'doo-wop.

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  6. i suppose he had to have some redeeming qualities somewhere. i'm writing this with clenched teeth.
    x

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