THE BEACH BOYS! 


I love the Beach Boys, the honestly are so great and truly understand how voices should work together! They are famous for their absolutely stunning harmonies and trust me, when you hear them (if you haven't already) you will just understand immediately. They have really sweet and clever songs too but for me it's always their voices that make such an impression on me! The Beach Boys formed in 1961 but a lot of their best hits were produced a bit later. Ok so I promise I won't rant off giving you every song like I did for the Beatles, so just 3 for now...


WOULDN'T IT BE NICE: This is such a beautiful little song. I feel kind of like I have run out of adjectives after all these critiques but I honestly do find it very hard to dislike much of their music. This is probably one of their most famous but it is really one of the good ones, and worth a listen to hear their beautiful voices together. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E4FRtrD9aQ


GOOD VIBRATIONS: Starts so gently and with just a few instruments and then into the pre-chorus, they just sort of burst into a lively, harmonious rut....I also love the drumming in this song specifically. This is also one of their most popular and was released in 1966. Right at the end, about 2,30 minutes in, they have a really pretty quite verse just before the chorus again that really sounds so so good. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeD_6Y3GQc


SURFING IN THE USA: this is a really sort of "summer jam" song, really easy listening and again a great display of their beautiful voices. It just makes me happy to listen, so do yourself a favor and click play, whether you have heard it or not, it will not disappoint. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRKfieMsdQ


SURFIN SAFARI: Need I say more? Rather just listen! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9iVzOftNA


Listen to the whole album if you like what you hear, it's called PET SOUNDS


Enjoy
- Caity xx

HERE COMES THE SUN...This is a really pretty beautiful song, I really love it. It has some stunning guitar-ing and harmonies and overall just a simple, sweet song. It is worth a listen if you don't already know it...my rating: 95%

HEY JUDE....What a stunning song, it is just so gentle and really very beautiful...so the story that I heard behind it really warms my heart, i am not sure if it is 100% reliable but my mom told it to me when I heard it for the first time. She said that after John Lennon's divorce with his wife, McCartney went to visit her as an old friend. There he chatted to Julian (Jude) Lennon's daughter and right there, he wrote this song for him about the divorce and to just re-assure him that everything was going to be alright....
My rating: 97%

I WILL: this is also one of my top three favourites, I can't even really say why but I think it's got to do with how sweet and genuine the lyrics are and also some really interesting guitar frills in between....really so cute.... My rating: 95%

LADY MADONNA....I love this because it is so funny, it makes no sense to me cause I have no clue who its about (not Madonna as she was not a singer yet) but its got a bit of a jazzy piano feel and is a light fun listen....
My rating 88%


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4eF-tFNz64


LET IT BE....let me put it this way, if you don't know it by now, get on YouTube now, truly stunning. 
My rating: 97%


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0714IbwC3HA


LOVE ME DO....so cute, a little love song, but has a fun melody and is easy listening. No surprise, a huge range of interesting sounds and instruments and brilliant harmonies. My rating: 94%


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEEC-yhr_Ks


OCTUPUS' GARDEN: completes my top three, so wonderful, I mean who writes about an octopus' garden under the sea, I'll tell you one thing, only the Beatles so far, but anyway I am in love with the intro to this song, a cute little guitar riff but absolutely amazing and sets the tone of the song perfectly...
My rating: 96%

WHEN I'M 64: so so cute, listen to the lyrics, they say it all....my rating: 94%


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCss0kZXeyE


ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: also one of my favourites, love the chorus, I think that the verse is more of an acquired tune but nevertheless, still great and wonderful harmonies. My rating: 95%

TWIST AND SHOUT: This is such a great song and I absolutely love it because it is a different sound to most of the other songs because it is a lot more rock-y and Lennon's voice is really great and the main lead. This one is really worth listening to. My rating: 95%

Other songs that you songs that I haven't posted on but are a good listen are A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, HELP!, I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND, I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN, I'M ONLY SLEEPING, IN MY LIFE (beautiful piano riff), MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER, OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA, SHE LOVES YOU, SHE LOVES YOU.


Anyways, that concludes my Beatles intervention, sorry about the long post! 
- Caity xx

Ok....THE BEATLES: 


Ok I am doing my favourite ones alphabetically just so its easier, not necessarily in the order of my favourite....


ALL MY LOVING....a really sweet song, yes, I sound a bit hypercritical now because I said all modern songs are about love however, even though this is, it is just so sweet and listen to the little guitar rifs in between and how great the composition of the piece is and usually they do harmonies but this is so nice with their voices in unison for the first bit....my rating: 88%


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T098BBuvmjs


BLACKBIRD...I absolutely love this, so sweet and honestly the beautiful guitar-ing ever, I mean think how great you must be to come up with such a beautiful melody! I love it and the lyrics are so beautiful and again what a perfect example of doing a whole lot of different things, not just love, etc....Glee acutally do a good cover of it but I do prefer the beatles....the link is the Glee cover in case you want a listen....it was first released on their White album in 1968. 


My rating: (for the original) 92%

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6RAvbXLP4

DON'T PASS ME BY.....this is a really different song cause it has some sort of processed organ type instrument in the background that repeats throughout the song and works so well....it is really a great song, I can't even properly communicate why I like it because the repetition makes t unusual....this is also an example of how the Beatles are not afraid of other instruments, there is a very enthusiastic violin/viola in the background too....take a listen...

My rating: 85%

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q_tNGcyY2g

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: love love love this one, its so beautiful and happy! There are also some beautiful harmonies in the choruses and really its just makes you have to tap your foot....

My rating: 91%

FROM ME TO YOU: Ok, this is my favourite song by the Beatles, no doubt. I just love it, a simple, clear message, "if you need anything, I will send it along with love from me to you", a happy tune, amazing harmonies, not too long, a great variety of instruments like harmonia, electric guitar, amazing drumming and wow, just stunning...

CLICK PLAY NOW

My Rating: 97%

GIRL: a really plain, yet beautiful and sad touching song.....some people love it but my one criticism is that I am not actually a fan of the sort of sand sound that they do in the chorus (you'll know what I mean when you hear it) but I do understand that some people will like it.....also some great harmonies and clever background singing.....

My rating: 85%

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVr_6kE1vio

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE.....also love this one, such a beautiful happy chorus, just a fun, playful and 

cheerful song about being in love. Lovely harmonies and obviously they do everything else right, beautiful piano riff too.....

My rating: 92%

Ok, just ignore me if this is taking long and you don't like them but I am going to finish on one more post so just don't read it if it bothers you .....

- Caity xx

Ok so this morning I am going to brave the work of the Beatles. The reason I put it like that is because I am a MASSIVE fan and so it is going to be hard for me to limit my choices of what songs I post so just up ahead, a warning, this is a long post, also if I don't put your favourite song, please do comment and tell me and I'll happily post it....


The Beatles, if you didn't know, were a completely revolutionary band of the 60s consisting of John Lennon, Ringo Star, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. It is fair to say that they changed music forever, and were completely outrageous, people were not used to the wild, crazy, illogical yet stunning music of theirs and so many people were very resistant at first however they later grew to be one of the biggest and most popular bands in the world. I love them, they are truly musically brilliant and have some fun when playing. 


You know I very often think about what music has come to today....can you right now, this second think of a song from after the year 2000 that isn't about love, breaking up, deserving better or "just being friends", your answer to this is most likely no, and if you do, I doubt you have many more...I mean, I guess thats fine, it is popular enough (hence it being called pop music) but back in the day people actually wrote music because it was fun, beautiful and it didn't always have to be sad or romantic (the theme of most pop songs today) it could be completely random. This post will show you how the Beatles did this. (side note: please don't get me wrong, I love a lot of the music of today and I listen to it more than anything else buuut, it does become a bit tedious at times.....) 


I will use another post to post all my actual songs by the Beatles, so read up and find them, but for now check this out, it is a comic Australian band ripping off pop music and just listen to what they're doing because there is some truth in what they're saying.....

Ok so I counted around 40 songs all with the same chords!! 

- Caity xx

I really love an artists called Carole King who released a brilliant album called Tapestry. One of my favourite song on it is called Beautiful, released and recorded first in 1971. It is such a happy a song and every time I hear it, I just have to smile....


Its odd though cause while I love the chorus I am actually not a huge fan of the verses, I just don't like how the tune deviates however, the beautiful chorus and fun, playful interludes, etc bring it together....
have a listen, her voice is very powerful and I don't always like it but I really do in this song and it is really a great song.


My rating 85%

In case my video doesn't work.....:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJn3QJYYBr0

- Caity xx

GOLDEN OLDIES....

Ok so goodbye to covers and welcome back to some of the 60s and 70s (and maybe 80s) most timeless and genius songs and musicians....for the next couple of days I will post some of these bands like the beatles, the rolling stones, billy joel, queen, abba and many more...


- Caity xx