BEATLES - CAPITOL STARLINE - I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
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$ 40
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Mar 30, 2011
Sold Date
Mar 23, 2011
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BEATLES - CAPITOL STARLINE - I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
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"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was one of the most important songs in rock history. It was the first the Beatles song to become a hit in the United States, rocketing to number one in early 1964; it was the song most responsible for making the group an international phenomenon; and it was the song that launched the British Invasion. And, historical concerns aside, it was agreat song. As with all of the classic Beatles singles, it went for the jugular right away, with stuttering opening chords that made a sudden dramatic leap upward. (These were inspired by, of all things, an album of experimental French music that John Lennon heard at the apartment of Robert Freeman, the Beatles' photographer that lived in the flat below him.) The verse hinged upon another one of those unexpected minor chords that Lennon and McCartney were so fond of deploying in their early work, ably complemented by a growling low guitar riff from George Harrison that was somewhat like an updated variation of Duane Eddy. At the end of each verse, the Beatles, in unison, jump a whole octave to almost shriek the word "hand." The softer, almost ballad-like bridge is an effective contrast to the more highly charged verses, particularly when the group revisits that opening stuttering guitar figure to deliver the exclamation "I can't hide," overflowing with giddy enthusiasm, impatience, and celebration. As usual, the Beatles threw in other unexpected surprises at the very end, with the second to last repetition of the title going to an odd minor chord before the song resolves itself on an elongated final "hand." The lyrics have been faintly ridiculed by some critics for the tame sexuality of the title phrase, but as is the case with many early Beatles tunes, the primness of the words is totally belied by the delivery: the song tingles with sexual longing, desire, and delirious anticipation of fulfillment. Few of the listeners who bought the single bothered to break the tune down with such analysis. What they knew only was that the song and record were irresistible, and sounded like nothing that had ever been heard before. It wasn't only teenagers that were affected; as Bob Dylan said about Beatles songs such as "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid." It was a unique, definitive performance that could not be easily approached by covers, although several tried, with mixed results. Among the more bizarre instances were Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops Orchestra, who actually took an instrumental cover to number 55 in 1964, and Texas psychedelic band the Moving Sidewalks (including future ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons), who did a lurching heavy psych version in the late '60s.
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A highlight of the Beatles' first album, "I Saw Her Standing There" was the first Lennon-McCartney song to become a rock standard, if a standard is defined as a song familiar to untold millions of people, and frequently covered by several generations of musicians. In some respects this was one of the Beatles' more blatant nods to their formative rock influences. There was a basic, straightforward energy to the verses and vocals that recalled Little Richard and Chuck Berry; Paul McCartney even admitted that the bass line was nicked from Berry's "I'm Talking About You." As was almost always the case with the Beatles, however, Lennon and McCartney (the latter of whom was the song's principal composer) took that template into new territory. There was that remarkable spoken "1-2-3-4!" opening by McCartney, and that deviation from standard rock chord progressions in the chorus, particularly when the group sings "Oh!" together, which in turn provided them with another opportunity (in concert, at any rate) to shake their heads and shriek. McCartney's vocal debts to Little Richard became apparent in the bridge's climax, when he breaks into an almost gospel-ish near-falsetto. What puts the song across more than any compositional device, however, is the absolutely unbridled enthusiasm with which the Beatles attack the song, particularly in the guitar solo, punctuated by McCartney's unpredictable yells of delight. It's rather odd, indeed, that the lyrics, read cold, seem to describe a suitor whose heart is in his mouth from nervousness at asking a teenage girl to dance. From the utter confidence with which they storm through the song, it seems unlikely that there could be any doubt in the performers' minds that they were going to get that dance (and, by implication, a lot more by the night's end). As a guaranteed crowd rabble-rouser, "I Saw Her Standing There," unlike some of the subtler early Lennon-McCartney songs, was instantly adaptable to the live repertoire of uncounted bands from the 1960s onward. Record-wise, the most successful revival of the song, ironically enough, was a live cover duet between Elton John and John Lennon in the mid-'70s -- ironic because, as previously stated, McCartney was the principal composer of the classic
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