Happy New Year to you all. Rich here, not wanting to take up too much of your time recovering from last night's festivities and today's football binging, to bring you a widely overlooked gem of a cover song from The Beatles crazy early days of international superstardom in which they'd released four albums and numerous singles in 21 months. That's a whole career's output for even a successful band.
No doubt most of you are aware that not only was The Beatles name intended as a pun but that it was also intended as an homage to Buddy Holly and his band The Crickets. Their affection for Buddy Holly was reflected in much of their pre-stardom repertoire, which was filled with Buddy Holly songs, one of which was "Words of Love," a song they recorded and included on their fourth album of 1964, "Beatles for Sale" (an album that was never officially released in the U.S. and Canada at the time).
"Words of Love" featured a masterful vocal duet with George Harrison singing lead and John Lennon on a lower harmony. And atop the duo's singing was Harrison's bright & trebly guitar arpeggios -- it was a sound that provided a template for the guitar sounds the band would resurrect when they recorded "Nowhere Man" many months later.
Thanks Rich, always insightful! It’s been awhile and I enjoyed listening again, bringing back memories from the Beatles and Buddy Holly.
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