SONGS THAT MENTION THE BEATLES UPDATE!
Jeff Smulyan
SONGS THAT MENTION THE BEATLES OR
IS ABOUT THE BEATLES OR ONE OF THEM! WHEW!
Shangi La-ELO("Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude")
Girl at the Window-The Idle Race(Jeff Lynne's pre-Move band)
("John and Paul and Ringo and George")
The Seeker-The Who("I Met The Beatles")
The Late Great Johnny Ace-Paul Simon("John Lennon had died")
Beatles & Stones-House of Love
God-John Lennon("I Don't Believe in Beatles")
Living in the Material World-George Harrison(mentions John & Paul, and
"Richie")
Early 1970-Ringo Starr(talks about the 3 other Beatles but not by name)
Guitar Jamboree-Chris Spedding(mentions George Harrison)
Sweet Georgia Brown-Tony Sheridan("She even dares to criticize the Beatles
hair")
All Those Years Ago-George Harrison(about John Lennon)
Here Today-Paul McCartney(about John Lennon)
Life is Real(Song for Lennon)-Queen(about John Lennon)
Empty Garden-Elton John(about John Lennon)
The Man Who Never Died-Elton John(about John Lennon)
Glass Onion-The Beatles("The walrus was Paul")
Shooting Star-Bad Company("Love Me Do I think it was")
Summer Rain-Johnny Rivers(mentions "Sgt. Pepper")
All The Young Dudes-Mott The Hoople("with his Beatles and his Stones")
A Simple Desultory Phillipic - Simon & Garfunkel
("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
I Believe in Love-U2 ?
American Pie-Don McLean ?
Juke Box Hero-Foreigner ?
What other songs mention the Beatles or one of them or
mentions something about them?
There must be 100's more....please add on to this list!!!
I think Marillion's "Kayleh"? mentions the Beatles too!
Maybe a song by the band Dream Academy too...
Also, Paul Simon sings a song where he mentions the Beatles...
"it was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones")...
can't think of the damn song! :)
JON
Here's a few more:
Three Dog Night "Never Been To Spain" (Well I never been to Spain,
but I kinda like the Beatles)
The Guess Who "Pink Wine Sparkles In the Glass" (McCartney and
Lennon have paid all the bills and set Great
Britain free) (my favorite line..)
The Troggs "I'll Buy You An Island" (If I could sing like
Paul McCartney...)
The Animals "Story of Bo Diddley" (Eric Burdon narrates a lengthy
passage of the Beatles' arrival in the music world...
he even sings a line from "A Hard Days Night"!)
Michael Julian Topper
jef...@nyc.pipeline.com(Jeff Smulyan) wrote:
>What other songs mention the Beatles or one of them or
>mentions something about them?
The New Animals' "Winds Of Change" mentions lots of artists and bands,
The Beatles being one of them.
Michael
Steve
JON wrote:
"The Beatles and the Stones suck the marrow out of bones"
I have no idea who the group is, but I heard it on MTV one night
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Winston
Don Mclean's "American Pie" mentioned them as the "quartet" that
"practised in the park", as well as the "sergaents" who "played a
marching tune". Also, he made some reference to "Lennon read(ing) a book
on Marx"
Also, another song to add on the list---"Life in a Northen town" by
Dream academy
"With John F Kennedy...and the Beatles"
Cheers,
TLC
Frank
jef...@nyc.pipeline.com(Jeff Smulyan) informed us:
>What other songs mention the Beatles or one of them or
>mentions something about them?
>
>There must be 100's more....please add on to this list!!!
>
>I think Marillion's "Kayleh"? mentions the Beatles too!
>Maybe a song by the band Dream Academy too...
>
>Also, Paul Simon sings a song where he mentions the Beatles...
>"it was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones")...
>can't think of the damn song! :)
How about that song, I'm not sure of the name or who did it, but I
*think* it's called "Garden Party". John and Yoko are mentioned.
Anyone have the name/artist?
-Frank
Joe Caldwell
Frank <fra...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> How about that song, I'm not sure of the name or who did it, but I
> *think* it's called "Garden Party". John and Yoko are mentioned.
> Anyone have the name/artist?
I believe you are referring to "Garden Party" by Ricky...er...Rick Nelson.
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In article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com>,
Jeff Smulyan <jef...@nyc.pipeline.com> wrote:
>SONGS THAT MENTION THE BEATLES OR
>IS ABOUT THE BEATLES OR ONE OF THEM! WHEW!
Frank Zappa, Joe's Garage: "got matching suits and Beatles boots"
Mark
john calabro
Frank (fra...@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: How about that song, I'm not sure of the name or who did it, but I
: *think* it's called "Garden Party". John and Yoko are mentioned.
: Anyone have the name/artist?
"Garden Party" by the late, great Ricky Nelson. I think he says "John
brought Yoko" or something like that.
John Calabro
Hector Montenegro
"The Seeker" by the who:
"... I asked Bob Dylan,
I asked the Beatles
°°°°°°°
I asked Timothy Leary
but he couldn'n answer me either
They call me the seeker
I've searching low and high
I won't get what I am after
till the day I die..."
a bit dramatic, like always
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Philip M Reynolds
In Article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> Jeff Smulyan writes:
>SONGS THAT MENTION THE BEATLES OR
>IS ABOUT THE BEATLES OR ONE OF THEM! WHEW!
>("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
Ugh! Remove Garfunkel from the equation. I don't think they go well
together, although both of them are good alone.
One more line from the same song:
I've been Walt Disney, Diz Disley, John Lennon, Krishna Mennen (sp)...
Also, even though at the time of the original recording, Paul Simon had
not met Art Garfunkel, he gets a mention in a later line.
Philip M Reynolds
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Frank
>In Article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> Jeff Smulyan writes:
>A Simple Desultory Phillipic - Simon & Garfunkel
>("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
Then, Philip M Reynolds <ph...@hedgford.demon.co.uk> informed us:
>Ugh! Remove Garfunkel from the equation. I don't think they go well
>together, although both of them are good alone.
>One more line from the same song:
>I've been Walt Disney, Diz Disley, John Lennon, Krishna Mennen (sp)...
>Also, even though at the time of the original recording, Paul Simon had
>not met Art Garfunkel, he gets a mention in a later line.
Didn't Paul Simon meet Art Garfunkel in High School, long before he
even made a recording. Certainly, he met Garfunkel before John Lennon
was known enough to be part of that song.
-Frank
Scott and Lisa Mader
Jeff Smulyan <jef...@nyc.pipeline.com> wrote in article
<52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com>...
SONGS THAT MENTION THE BEATLES OR IS ABOUT THE BEATLES OR ONE OF THEM!
WHEW!
about them?
There must be 100's more....please add on to this list!!!
"Life in a Northern Town" by the Dream Academy, and one by Peter, Paul and
Mary, which I can't remember the name of.
Lisa (Halifax, NS)
AYR UTD
Isn't it "The Beatles and the Stones
Make it good to be alone" ???
Can't remember the band, but they were British and the song was
a big hit 5 years or so ago - Inspiral Carpets?
And the American Pie quote is just plain silly, it really goes "...Lenin
(not Lennon!) read a book on Marx". It makes more sense this way - don't
think John was a communist.
Jim Jess
"Round and Round and Round I Go"
Frank
ayr...@aol.com (AYR UTD) informed us:
>Isn't it "The Beatles and the Stones
> Make it good to be alone" ???
> Can't remember the band, but they were British and the song was
>a big hit 5 years or so ago - Inspiral Carpets?
>And the American Pie quote is just plain silly, it really goes "...Lenin
>(not Lennon!) read a book on Marx". It makes more sense this way - don't
>think John was a communist.
I think it was intended as a play on words. I don't think it makes
more sense as "Lenin" anyway. Why would Lenin read a book on Marx? I
thought it was the best line in the song (Lenin or Lennon) vs. (Karl
or Groucho Marx) Remember, the Beatles were compared to the Marx
brothers when A Hard Day's Night came out.
-Frank
Roger Wiseman
In article <52bu13$8...@news.ios.com>,
"Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air.." I think was the line!
--
cr...@ovnet.com (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Guitarist
__________________________________________
"Love is the answer..." John Lennon
JON
I just thought of two more songs that refer to the Beatles:
The Guess Who "Friends of Mine" ("You got the magical mystery tour,
and Kurt was the walrus, and the walrus does funny
things with the veins in his left arm...")
(This song from their first LP which ALSO mentions the
Beatles in "Pink Wine Sparkles In the Glass")
The Temptations "Ball of Confusion" (..."the Beatles' new record's
a gas...")
john calabro
AYR UTD (ayr...@aol.com) wrote:
: And the American Pie quote is just plain silly, it really goes "...Lenin
: (not Lennon!) read a book on Marx". It makes more sense this way - don't
: think John was a communist.
How does it make more sense that way? The song is all about what happened
in the years following Buddy Holly's death - Lenin? Karl Marx? they had
a lot to do with rock and roll in the early 60'?!?!?!?
Come on, ha?
John Calabro
P.S. - I seem to recall John Lennon giving lip service to some pretty
left-wing ideas.
Stephen
In article <kbxr...@hedgford.demon.co.uk>,
Philip M Reynolds <ph...@hedgford.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Also, even though at the time of the original recording, Paul Simon had
>not met Art Garfunkel, he gets a mention in a later line.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were friends growing up together in
Queens, NY. Paul knew Art before he ever saw the inside of a recording
studio.
- Steve Pipkin
Dave Dupree
Liz Phair - Dogs of LA
mentions Beatle boots
Dave Dupree
Philip M Reynolds <ph...@hedgford.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<kbxr...@hedgford.demon.co.uk>...
> In Article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> Jeff Smulyan writes:
> >SONGS THAT MENTION THE BEATLES OR
> >IS ABOUT THE BEATLES OR ONE OF THEM! WHEW!
> >A Simple Desultory Phillipic - Simon & Garfunkel
> >("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
>
> Ugh! Remove Garfunkel from the equation. I don't think they go well
> together, although both of them are good alone.
>
> One more line from the same song:
>
> I've been Walt Disney, Diz Disley, John Lennon, Krishna Mennen (sp)...
>
> Also, even though at the time of the original recording, Paul Simon had
> not met Art Garfunkel, he gets a mention in a later line.
>
Are we talking about the same song. There is no line
mentioning Walt Disney et al in this song. It appears
on Simon and Garfunkel's album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary,
and Thyme; which is their third or fourth album together.
I would think that Simon knew Garfunkel pretty well by then.
saki
In article <52e1mh$e...@news.ios.com>,
john calabro <giga...@soho.ios.com> wrote:
>AYR UTD (ayr...@aol.com) wrote:
>
>: And the American Pie quote is just plain silly, it really goes "...Lenin
>: (not Lennon!) read a book on Marx". It makes more sense this way - don't
>: think John was a communist.
>
>How does it make more sense that way? The song is all about what happened
>in the years following Buddy Holly's death - Lenin? Karl Marx? they had
>a lot to do with rock and roll in the early 60'?!?!?!?
It was a clever double meaning. The Firesign Theatre played around with
the same joke on one of their album covers.
>P.S. - I seem to recall John Lennon giving lip service to some pretty
>left-wing ideas.
Lennon was never an avowed communist, though. He was about as much a
communist as he was an expert on Christianity. :-)
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saki
In article <52cbp0$b...@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
Frank <fra...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>>In Article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> Jeff Smulyan writes:
>>A Simple Desultory Phillipic - Simon & Garfunkel
>>("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
>
>>together, although both of them are good alone.
>
>>One more line from the same song:
>
>>I've been Walt Disney, Diz Disley, John Lennon, Krishna Mennen (sp)...
>
>>Also, even though at the time of the original recording, Paul Simon had
>>not met Art Garfunkel, he gets a mention in a later line.
>
>even made a recording. Certainly, he met Garfunkel before John Lennon
>was known enough to be part of that song.
Simon and Garfunkel actually recorded a local "hit", "Hello Little
Schoolgirl", together in (I believe...my book isn't here) 1958 or 1959;
they were called Tom and Jerry then. It was a brief sojourn into doo-wop,
if I'm not mistaken (though I may well be). The folk craze served them
well, and enhanced Simon's ability to break into the business via a
different route.
They had better connections, being in New York, and certainly more
chutzpah (a technical term used in the recording industry :-) than the
Fabs, who ironically recorded their own first disc (albeit at a
semi-professional recording studio) in 1958, in Liverpool.
Mike Mooney
Hector Montenegro wrote:
>
> "The Seeker" by the who:
>
> "... I asked Bob Dylan,
> I asked the Beatles
> °°°°°°°
> I asked Timothy Leary
> but he couldn'n answer me either
> They call me the seeker
>
Some more:
"No Elvis, Beatles or Rolling Stones in 1977"
("1977" by The Clash)
"And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
"He never got it off on that Revolution stuff..."
("All The Young Dudes" by Mott The Hoople)
"I Don't believe in Beatles"
(Something by some bloke called Lennon)
"I got rare '61 Beatles..."
(Can't remember the song title - Sweet Soul Dream??? - by World Party)
"All I want for Christmas is a Beatle"
(Dora Bryan)
Mike
Bruce Dumes
saki (dl...@midway.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: Simon and Garfunkel actually recorded a local "hit", "Hello Little
: Schoolgirl", together in (I believe...my book isn't here) 1958 or 1959;
: they were called Tom and Jerry then. It was a brief sojourn into doo-wop,
: if I'm not mistaken (though I may well be). The folk craze served them
: well, and enhanced Simon's ability to break into the business via a
: different route.
The saki we know is rarely mistaken. Either you're being overly modest
or you're an imposter. :-)
But, a very minor point -- I believe the song was called "Hey Schoolgirl",
not "Hello Little Schoolgirl". I wouldn't really call it doo-wop, I
think it was more of an Everly Bros imitation than anything else -- though
the words were really insipid and the melody uninspired.
Bruce
--
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"And how sweet a story it is/when you hear Charlie Parker tell it"
Anna
Garden Party -- Rick Nelson -- says something like "Yoko brought her Walrus"
American Pie: "While Lennon (Lenin) read a book on Marx"
saki
In article <52ehmb$q...@argo.hks.com>, Bruce Dumes <du...@hks.com> wrote:
>saki (dl...@midway.uchicago.edu) wrote:
>
>: Simon and Garfunkel actually recorded a local "hit", "Hello Little
>: Schoolgirl", together in (I believe...my book isn't here) 1958 or 1959;
>: they were called Tom and Jerry then. It was a brief sojourn into doo-wop,
>: if I'm not mistaken (though I may well be). The folk craze served them
>: well, and enhanced Simon's ability to break into the business via a
>: different route.
>
>The saki we know is rarely mistaken. Either you're being overly modest
>or you're an imposter. :-)
Let's take the latter option and work with it. :-)
>But, a very minor point -- I believe the song was called "Hey Schoolgirl",
>not "Hello Little Schoolgirl". I wouldn't really call it doo-wop, I
>think it was more of an Everly Bros imitation than anything else -- though
>the words were really insipid and the melody uninspired.
As the Penguin and Guinness histories of pop recount it, you're right on
both counts.
Guess I should keep at least one of these books at work. :-)
Joseph Brennan
>>: they were called Tom and Jerry then. It was a brief sojourn into doo-wop,
>>not "Hello Little Schoolgirl". I wouldn't really call it doo-wop
It wasn't a brief excursion into harmony pop either. Paul Simon
worked this vein for years, writing and/or recording dozens of songs
under several names. But
> The folk craze served them
> well, and enhanced Simon's ability to break into the business
is well put.
Joe Brennan Columbia University in the City of New York
bre...@columbia.edu ("affiliation shown for identification only")
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles.html
Joe Caldwell
Bruce Dumes <du...@hks.com> wrote in article <52ehmb$q...@argo.hks.com>...
>
> But, a very minor point -- I believe the song was called "Hey
Schoolgirl",
> think it was more of an Everly Bros imitation than anything else --
though
> the words were really insipid and the melody uninspired.
Ooohh, wappa loochie wah...
You're mine...
Say, wooohh, bappa loochie baa...
You're mine...
Hey schoolgirl in the second row...
The teacher's looking over...
So I thought I'd whisper...way down low...
You call this insipid?? I don't think I'd elevate these lyrics to that
level! ;^)
Philip M Reynolds
In Article <52cbp0$b...@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> Frank writes:
>
>>In Article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> Jeff Smulyan
writes:
>>A Simple Desultory Phillipic - Simon & Garfunkel
>>("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
>
>even made a recording. Certainly, he met Garfunkel before John Lennon
>was known enough to be part of that song.
Well, I have heard differently, although you may be correct. However,
they certainly had not recorded together by the time my recording of
this song was published.
Stephen
In article <01bbacbd$d0607780$4213ffcc@yellosub>,
Joe Caldwell <yell...@netdoor.com> wrote:
>
>Ooohh, wappa loochie wah...
>You're mine...
>Say, wooohh, bappa loochie baa...
>You're mine...
>Hey schoolgirl in the second row...
>The teacher's looking over...
>So I thought I'd whisper...way down low...
But if Paul Simon could go from there to "Bridge Over Troubled Water",
etc., then there's hope for me! I have certainly written a song as insipid
as "Hey Schoolgirl". So far, I'm following in Paul Simon's footsteps
exactly.
Now it's just a matter of time before I'm a big star like him.
I LIKE ALL OF MY TOES
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(Copyright 1996 by Steve Pipkin. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)
I like all of my toes.
I like dese and I like dose.
I don't like winter 'cause then then they're froze.
But I really do care for my toes!
I mean, look, everybody's got to start _somewhere_.
- Steve Pipkin
Jeff Smithpeters
"The Seeker" by The Who says something like "I asked Timothy Leary. I
asked the Beatles, but they couldn't help me either. They call me the
seeker."
Also, the rock group Extreme has a line on their third album that quotes
the Beatles exactly. "I heard the news today oh boy."
Oasis: "Tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon."
Sooz
All I Want For Christmas is a Beatle - Dora Bryan
The Beatles Barber - Scott Douglas
Beatle Beat - Ella Fitzgerald
Beatle Flying Saucer - Ed Solomon
A Beatle I Want to Be - Sonny Curtis (yes, *the* Sonny Curtis of the
Crickets)
Bring Back the Beatles - David Peel
Crazy John - Tom Paxton
Early 1970 - Ringo Starr
Frankenstein Meets the Beatles - Jekyll and Hyde
God Part Two - U2
The Guy With the Long Liverpool Hair - The Outsiders
I Hate the Beatles - Allan Sherman
I Love You Ringo - Bonnie Jo Mason (also known as Cher)
I Wanna Be a Beatle - Gene Cornish and the Unbeatables (yep, the Rascals)
I Want to Kiss Ringo Goodbye - Penny Valentine
I'll Let You Hold My Hand - The Bootles
I'm Better Than the Beatles - Brad Berwick and the Bugs
The Invasion - Buchanan and Greenfield
The Late Grate Johnny Ace - Paul Simon
A Letter from Elaina - Casey Kasem
Little Beatle Boy - the Angels (from the same girls who brought you "My
Boyfriend's Back")
My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut - Donna Lynn
My Girlfriend Wrote a Letter to the Beatles - The Four Preps
Saga of the Beatles - Johnny and the Hurricanes
Treat Him Tender, Maureen - Angie and the Chiclettes
We Love the Beatles - the Vernon Girls
We Love You Beatles - the Carefrees
Yes, You Can Hold My Hand - the Beatlettes
I Dig Rock and Roll Music - Peter, Paul and Mary
Source: The New Book of Rock Lists, Dave Marsh and James Bernard
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Sumaree Promotions, Lincoln, Nebraska IRC nick: Sooz
Visit the Sooz Page: http://angelfire.com/pages0/sooz
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Joe Caldwell
Philip M Reynolds <ph...@hedgford.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In Article <52cbp0$b...@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> Frank writes:
> >
> >>In Article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> Jeff Smulyan
> writes:
> >>A Simple Desultory Phillipic - Simon & Garfunkel
> >>("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
> >
> >Didn't Paul Simon meet Art Garfunkel in High School, long before he
> >even made a recording. Certainly, he met Garfunkel before John Lennon
> >was known enough to be part of that song.
>
> Well, I have heard differently, although you may be correct. However,
> they certainly had not recorded together by the time my recording of
> this song was published.
Just for the record, Simon and Garfunkel met in the sixth-grade (about
1953) and recorded "Hey Schoolgirl" in 1957. "A Simple Desultory Phillipic"
was recorded in 1966. This may help put this in some perspective.
Bill Gates
Sooz wrote:
There's also the Oasis one. It doesn't actually mention the names but it
matches the story of John Lennon's life. I can't remember the title
right now. It's the one that goes "So, Sally can wait, she knows it too
late". It's on the Morning Glory album. Actually in that last line it
should be Cynthia, not Sally, but I guess Cynthia doesn't fit. But if
you listen to the words of the rest of the song you'll find it all
matches up. And Oasis has a heavy Beatles influence and everything.
--
Jim the Flying Goldfish
Sooz
James Nargi
Don't forget...
Joe's Garage : Frank Zappa -
"... we got matching suits, and Beatle boots..."
All the Young Dudes : Mott The Hoople -
"... my brothers' back at home with his Beatles and his Stones..."
I've Never Been To Spain : Three Dog Night -
"... I've never been to England, but I kinda like the Beatles..."
Rose M. Navarro
The new John Mellancamp song hitting the airwaves has a line something
like "hearing a song about someone crucifying John Lennon"
Anybody know the actual line?
Rose
Paul Maclauchlan
Joe Caldwell (yell...@netdoor.com) wrote:
: Philip M Reynolds <ph...@hedgford.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: > In Article <52cbp0$b...@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> Frank writes:
: > >
: > >>In Article <52a05q$r...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> Jeff Smulyan
: > writes:
: > >>A Simple Desultory Phillipic - Simon & Garfunkel
: > >>("I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind")
: > >
: > >Didn't Paul Simon meet Art Garfunkel in High School, long before he
: > >even made a recording. Certainly, he met Garfunkel before John Lennon
: > >was known enough to be part of that song.
: >
: > Well, I have heard differently, although you may be correct. However,
: > they certainly had not recorded together by the time my recording of
: > this song was published.
: Just for the record, Simon and Garfunkel met in the sixth-grade (about
: 1953) and recorded "Hey Schoolgirl" in 1957. "A Simple Desultory Phillipic"
: was recorded in 1966. This may help put this in some perspective.
Paul Simon recorded A Simple Desultory Philippic in January 1965 for a BBC
Radio show called "Five To Ten" and again in May of that year for an album
called "The Paul Simon Songbook". These were both solo recordings.
Simon & Garfunkel recorded their first album, Wednesday Morning, 3AM, for
release in October 1964.
They first recorded together in 1957. They met in 1953 at Forest Hills
high school and registered a copyright at the Library of Congress in 1955
for a song called "The Girl For Me".
For more gory details (in chronological order) see my Paul Simon
Discography at my home page.
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I don't change channels so they must change me."/BJ
VicA58
The line goes "This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon".
There is a mention of Lennon on the new Sheryl Crow CD in a song called
Maybe Angels ......"She knows Jesus, John Lennon & Cobain personally".
How the hell did Cobain get in the same line with those two?