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THE BEATLES SONG NOBODY LIKES BY EDDIE DEEZEN

In honor of this fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the British Invasion, www.jackaboutguitars.com is pleased to present another GREAT article from one of the biggest Beatles fans on the planet!

Now, here’s another cool Beatles story from Facebook pal, actor, voice over artist, and writer, Eddie Deezen.

As time and space permit, Jackaboutguitars will continue to share some very cool articles on The Beatles during this fiftieth anniversary celebration year of The Beatles conquering America that Eddie has written for www.eddiedeezen.com – “The Official Eddie Deezen Website” and for neatorama.com where Eddie has done many way cool guest posts on The Beatles and a variety of other people and subjects.

Eddie_Deezen Eddie Deezen is a character actor who is best known for his acting roles in Grease, Grease 2, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Surf II: The End of The Trilogy, 1941, Zapped!, WarGames, Disney’s Midnight Madness, and Punky Brewster, to name a few, as well as the voice of characters Lenny The Know It All in The Polar Express, Mandark in Dexter’s Laboratory on The Cartoon Network, Ned in Kim Possible, and Snipes The Magpie in Rock-A-Doodle.

Besides all of his Hollywood credits from being a talented character and voice actor, Eddie Deezen is a HUGE BEATLES FAN! His Beatles knowledge is nothing short of amazing.

Be sure to check out more from Eddie at www.eddiedeezen.com, neatorama.com, and give him a like on Facebook.

Once again, Eddie, a BIG THANK YOU! – Jack
Here’s a Neatorama  guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website.

THE BEATLES SONG NOBODY LIKES BY EDDIE DEEZEN

1365891587-0The Beatles are the most talked about, written about, discussed, analyzed, and dissected group in the history of music. Almost all of the Beatles’ songs are liked by some segment of Beatle fans. The actual “most popular” Beatles song is up for grabs. Various polls on the subject have been conducted, with diverse results.

Some like the love songs, some like the hard rock, some like “John songs,” some prefer the “Paul songs,” some like the later, freakier stuff, and some like the simplicity of the early stuff. But always, in every poll on the subject ever taken, one song stands out, alone and undisputed, as the “least popular” Beatles song of all-time.

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TIME FOR ANOTHER BIT OF FAB FOUR NOSTALGIA THAT I HADN’T EVEN SEEN BEFORE

THE BEATLES AT THE LIVERPOOL EMPIRE THEATRE 07.12.1963…

TIME FOR ANOTHER BIT OF FAB FOUR NOSTALGIA THAT I HADN’T EVEN SEEN BEFORE

AND A NOTE ABOUT: THE BEATLES ROCK BONHAMS ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA SALE

 

These days, especially around the holidays, it seems so difficult to get much accomplished with all of the work to be done, shopping, holiday parties, cooking & cleaning, washing, mowing the cats, milking the chickens, and especially, guitar playing going on at all hours of the night into the wee hours of the mornin’!

 

So it’s really looking like time for a little something nostalgic and kind of fun that was actually even new to me to help me take a few moments to catch my breath.

 

It’s a fun little video sent in by the infamous (or should I say famous) Bobby Fury – a man who is – and I quote “thee ‘Beatles Authority’ on this side of The Pond”, who makes the trip twice a year back to the ‘Homeland’ as ‘Fab Findings & Concerns’ beckon his consciousness.  Bobby Fury is also known here in the ‘new world’- America(“America is kind of like Britain with buttons”) as Bob Mytkowicz – see https://www.jackaboutguitars.com/gear-instruments-beatles-mytkowicz)

 

I had a pleasant conversation just yesterday evening with Mr. Fury in which ‘The Furious One’ told me of his latest escapades in the land of the Fab Four.    (You see, I have lived a secret ‘Beatle Life’ vicariously through Mr. Fury and his trips to the Motherland for many years now and hope that someday ‘The Storm’ will be able to make the trip just once before the long lasting condition of ‘worm food’ sets in for good(or in this

THE HOFNER 500/1…ALSO KNOWN AS THE BEATLE BASS

THE HOFNER 500/1…ALSO KNOWN AS THE BEATLE BASS

THE HOFNER 500/1: THE BASS GUITAR THAT A YOUNG MAN FROM LIVERPOOL MADE VERY FAMOUS

The Hofner 500/1 is a very light weight bass guitar which became extremely popular in rock music after a certain young man from Liverpool, England made it his main instrument.  He had taken up the task of bass player in a “great little band” he belonged