Although this song is accredited to Lennon/McCartney, it was actually written by John Lennon before the formation of the Beatles. George Martin borrowed it from Lennon for Billy Joe Kramer and the Dakotas (another band he was producing) and they recorded it in 1963. Lennon was unhappy with their arrangement, and also a bit angry that it was released as the "B" side of the single "Bad To Me". Lennon had the Beatles re-do it more to his liking, and it was released on their second US album in 1964. In 1966 it appeared again in the debut album (If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears) of The Mamas & The Papas. John Phillips loved "honky-tonk" piano, and he incorporated this music style into numerous Mama & Papa arrangements such as Words Of Love, Dedicated To The One I Love, Dream A Little Dream Of Me, etc. I Call Your Name is another brilliant honky-tonk arrangement by Phillips and overall, I think the best arrangement of this song. The studio pianist on all M&P recordings was the versatile Larry Knetchel. The Mamas & The Papas - I Call Your Name
Working Class Hero http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...vIGgCg&usg=AFQjCNEIkiJx2Hh9v_ybmuq3Uo6hXuuxuw
The Bug http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...woC4Aw&usg=AFQjCNGb_el2t7dKxfFrtOR09cz69aXbjw well it's a strange old game - you learn it slow one step forward and it's back to go you're standing on the throttle you're standing on the breaks in the groove 'til you make a mistake sometimes you're the windshield sometimes you're the bug sometimes it all comes together baby sometimes you're a fool in love sometimes you're the louisville slugger sometimes you're the ball sometimes it all comes together baby sometimes you're going to lose it all you gotta know happy - you gotta know glad because you're gonna know lonely and you're gonna know bad when you're rippin' and a ridin' and you're coming on strong you start slippin' and slidin' and it all goes wrong because sometimes you're the windshield sometimes you're the bug sometimes it all comes together baby sometimes you're a fool in love sometimes you're the louisville slugger baby sometimes you're the ball sometimes it all comes together baby sometimes you're going to lose it all one day you got the glory one day you got none one day you're a diamond and then you're a stone everything can change in the blink of an eye so let the good times roll before we say goodbye, because sometimes you're the windshield sometimes you're the bug sometimes it all comes together baby sometimes you're a fool in love sometimes you're the louisville slugger baby sometimes you're the ball sometimes it all comes together baby sometimes you're going to lose it all
Just saw them again (every summer for the past decade) last month. I'm going to close out here with four Doobie gems from various albums. The Doobie Brothers - Dark Eyed Cajun Woman I think back to the time When I first saw your face You were walkin' across the delta To your cold and lonely place You know I took you for a small girl Really not quite seventeen Oh Lord, but I was wrong, oh so wrong You're like a woman I've never seen Dark eyed Cajun woman Where are you comin' from Your soul is in the backwoods They say you never had a home But I'm gonna know you better If it takes all night and day Dark eyed Cajun woman You'll never get away, no, no Now the evenin' breeze is blowin' I hear your voice most everywhere Your cold black eyes They are dancin' in the starlight Warmin' the cold night air It's so beautiful you know I have to say Dark eyed Cajun woman You'll never get away
When My Minds Gone http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...tYHoCA&usg=AFQjCNEaGfEFQ3bonMocw0MqoQArMrsPUQ
This gem closes out the Brotherhood compact disc (1991) The Doobie Brothers - Rollin' On Outside of town there is a river And it calls to me like a song in the night A whole lot of people make way to that river Cause it keeps on rollin on Like everything's alright Listen to me... That old river just keeps rollin on Even when our love is just a song And like that river we just keep on rollin along Listen to me... Everybody needs something they can count on everyday Like a clock that keeps the time for ya it never drifts away You and me you see are different but the same And though we may not understand each other We got to try just the same Listen... That old river just keeps rollin on Even when our love is just a song And like that river we just keep on rollin along Now these thoughts don't mean nothin If we don't live up to what we say I for one need love and direction To help me find my way Everybody sing... That old river just keeps rollin on Even when our love is just a song And like that river we just keep on rollin along Little bit farther... That old river just keeps rollin on Even when our love is just a song And like that river we just keep on rollin along Gonna help your brother C'mon people... That old river just keeps rollin on Rollin on... Even when our love is just a song Just a song... And like that river we just keep on rollin along Everybody needs something...