Thursday, January 5

Leftover Chinese Writes a Few Self-Involved Paragraphs About his Recent Exploration of The Beatles

Folks the world over live for them and their music. My buddy Damon, an avid Beatles fan, saw the John Lennon exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few years ago. He said his jaw was dropped the entire time. My boss always proclaims that they are overrated and obscenely overexposed. I guess he was at a piano bar once and when the piano players started playing a Beatles tune, he started screaming "No Beatles! No Beatles!" Strong feelings on both sides, folks.

Growing up, I never understood the fascination with the Beatles. All I knew about them was that they sold a lot of albums, took the United States by storm, and hated each other in the end. My disgust with Oasis during high school made me dislike them and any band as in the style of Lennon/McCartney.

Through the wonders of technology, I recently found ten Beatles albums from the neighbor Bradleys. I'm slowly digesting them during commutes and long walks from the train station.

Anyway. I was screwing around on the guitar tonight and came across a catchy sounding progression. You can probably guess which band it sounded like. I think they own every catchy progression known to man. Did I annoy myself? The answer is...

. . [~] . 0 (Grumble) Grumbles .


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