The Gnarly Tree — Music

For the most part cover songs existed to fill up the blank space from the first song on each side of a vinyl record to the run-out area…

Tasting much sweeter than wine? I think we’re mixing up wine and grape juice. Actually, grape concentrate. But what about the music?

Baby it’s this song. The one I’d like to not mention. What is it that they say? If you have nothing good to say… but that’s not entirely…

Where does one begin with a song like Boys? Without a doubt it has to rank high on the list of best and possibly most enthusiastic uses of…

Chains can be problematic, especially if your baby’s got you locked up in chains and worse yet if they’re not the kind that you can see.

Thank You Girl was meant to be The Beatles next hit record. At least it was until someone decided that From Me To You would make a better…

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah — Sorry I couldn’t resist. Luckily it was “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” and not “Yes, Yes, Yes” (as suggested by Paul’s dad) that…

The Beatles third U.K. single was their first to top all of the charts of the day. Yet, somehow Capital Records (in the U.S.) remained…

Is the world treating you badly? It is, isn’t it? That’s what attracted you to this article. Misery. It’s something we all experience at…

Listen! Do you want to know a secret? How could I ever improve on that title. The Beatles were not only pioneering musicians, they also…

She was just 17, and you know what I mean? Or do you? I did, once. It’s about pent-up energy, a lot of it. It’s like a paradise by the…

Let me take you down to… Could there really be shades of Strawberry Fields in the lyrics or have I just had too much of the Kool-Aid?

What could be more innocent? However, in attempting to channel the patented angst of Roy Orbison, John Lennon may have inadvertently…

P.S. I Love You was released as the B-side to Love Me Do. Because it was primarily a McCartney song I suspect that this second-place…

Back in the day we had Pat Boone, Perry Como, and, of course, Doris Day. They weren’t bad but they’re weren’t exactly exciting either. For…