“Eight Days a Week”
Lennon-McCartney – Beatles for Sale – 1964.12.04
It’s definitely a good song, even if the band isn’t too fond of it. It’s the ‘dark-horse’ of The Beatles’ fourth UK album, with its brighter composition in comparison to the rest of the original compositions’ darker overtones, as well as the possible double-meanings that are present. All of that makes this one a favorite of mine. [8/10]
“A Day in the Life (Anthology Edit)”
Lennon-McCartney – Anthology 2 – 1996.03.18
By Patrick J. Miller | Observer Contributor
Title: Our Sweet Love/
Artist: The Beach Boys/
Writers: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson & Al Jardine/
Album: Sunflower/
Release: 31 August, 1970
The Beach Boys are a group of five, maybe six young and cute Californians composed of brothers Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, childhood friend Al Jardine, and later on, Bruce Johnson. Together, these six lads would compose many high-hitting compositions that would end up as hit singles [California Girls, Good Vibrations]. They would be best known for their brilliant harmonies and their work leading up to their monumental “Pet Sounds” album.
By Patrick J. Miller | Observer Contributor
Song: Do You Like Worms/
Artist: The Beach Boys/
Writers: Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks/
Album: The Smile Sessions/
Release: 31 October, 2011
I promise you that not every Beach Boys review that I’ll do first will originate from the now-”finished” SMiLE project, but this song has been stuck at the back of my head for some time, that I had to give it a closer look.
Do You Like Worms, better known since its reinvention in 2004 as “Roll Plymouth Rock,” is another song that was considered for the SMiLE album. It was meant to be a lyrical journey across the United States of America, from coast to coast by means of Manifest Destiny and westward expansion, but in its original 1966-1967 state, it feels more like a journey half-recorded.