I Can't Explain

Wow, I just absolutely love this song! The sheer number of covers speaks for itself, being six or seven complete ones, and a few samplings here and there. Well this song was written by Who lead and rhythm guitarist, and played a 12-string on this song, Pete Townshed. It was released as a single in December of 1964 for the US, and January of 1965 in the UK, which I though weird because they're a British band, you'd think that it'd come out first in the originating country, apparently not. Pete stated that the thoughts process behind the song came from the Kink's, All Day and All of The Night, and he wrote it when he was eighteen, very cool. The lyrical work is pure genius! Very simple, yet very catchy and meaningful, this song's about the feeling that you get when you see the perfect girl and your heart jumps a little, when you get goosebumps from hearing her speak, the lustful first kiss that pulls out your stomach and tosses it on the ground a little. This song's about new romance and how it encompasses your life. See Mr.Elkin? Not a Scorpions song, oh, wait...

And I Love Her

Beatles at last. Such an incredible band, and though people may have their "Beatles or Stones" opinions, the fact of the matter is, they are very different bands with completely different styles, I hate to use a cliche, but they're like apples and oranges. I was browsing through my Beatles collection, and this came on, such a lovely song. And I Love Her was written mainly by Paul McCartney, though John Lennon contributed with the bridge, or the middle eight section (A love like... near me). The original song didn't have the middle eight, but they added it in later, giving at a fuller feel. This song was released in The Beatles' third album, A Hard Day's Night, released on July 20, 1964, and was recorded in three days. The first day was pretty routine, but they changed out Ringo Starr's drum kit for bongos and claves (to put it crudely, sticks to hit together and make sound) on the second day. The third day contained the main track, and the lay-over of Paul's double on vocals, and Ringo's claves. In my opinion, that's what really brings the song together, Paul's double vocals. It really fills the song up, and adds an additional drop in sound during the middle eight, when the double is removed. when concerned with the subject, it's pretty straightforward, but the elegant use of the stars as his love was a smooth metaphor, though a little hackneyed.