Monday, March 27, 2023

It's Only Love - the Beatles

It's Only Love - the Beatles
1:56
Help!, 1965
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

It's Contraction Week! 

Now, have I heard this song before?  Sure.  But I find that I don't know it even as well as the ZZ Top song of the same name.  Apparently Lennon was pretty dismissive of his own song, and while it's true this is not a great lyric and the song pales in comparison to the Fab Four's heavy hitters, even on the same album, the melody is bright and engaging, and I love the vibrating effect on Harrison's layered guitars.  Even a minor Beatles song is still leagues ahead of most others.

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