Thursday, June 04, 2009

An Early Clue to the New Direction: Special "I Love You, Man" Edition

From 1965, and their endlessly exquisite Rubber Soul album, please enjoy the once and future Fab Four and their in retrospect ahead of its time ode to universal love "The Word."



As always, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first alert reader who divines the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
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26 comments:

  1. Gummo6/04/2009 2:02 PM

    Language-themed songs?

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  2. steve simels6/04/2009 2:23 PM

    NO!!!!!
    :-)

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  3. Unknown6/04/2009 2:52 PM

    Best rock Messiahtry?

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  4. Anonymous6/04/2009 2:57 PM

    color changes - bright lights ?

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  5. Noam Sane6/04/2009 4:05 PM

    songs with fucking incredible drumming

    or, songs with incredible fucking drumming

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  6. Mike Caulfield6/04/2009 4:31 PM

    Choruses where the last word of the chorus is "love"?

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  7. TMink6/04/2009 4:54 PM

    Songs from greatly anticipated box sets?

    Trey

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  8. steve simels6/04/2009 5:40 PM

    No, no, no, no, no and....actually, I've lost count ...but noooooooo.

    :-)

    Too early for a hint.

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  9. Dave6/04/2009 5:52 PM

    Songs with "Love" in the title?

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  10. Anonymous6/04/2009 6:01 PM

    Songs with wonderful falsetto harmonies!!!

    ROTP(lumber)

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  11. David Rasmussen6/04/2009 6:07 PM

    All Beatles Edition?

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  12. MJConroy6/04/2009 6:10 PM

    Songs that mention sunshine?

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  13. steve simels6/04/2009 6:21 PM

    All very good guesses, and I like the sunshine one (which I'm filing for future use).

    But in a word...


    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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  14. Who Am Us Anyway?6/04/2009 6:40 PM

    Songs with a self-conscious MESSAGE with a capital M! No!

    Songs exemplifying the use of a second singer for the Middle EIGHT! No!

    Songs mentioning the reading (or writing) of a freaking BOOK! No!

    :-)

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  15. steve simels6/04/2009 8:24 PM

    Okay, here's the hint.

    It's. The. Title.

    Literally.

    The. Word.

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  16. David Rasmussen6/04/2009 8:34 PM

    Best lyrics?

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  17. geor3ge6/04/2009 8:40 PM

    Best one- or two-word titles?

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  18. TJWood6/04/2009 9:11 PM

    Best songs featuring the word "word" (or "words") in the title?

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  19. msw6/04/2009 9:12 PM

    Songs with WORD in the title.
    as in Words of love

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  20. steves6/04/2009 9:16 PM

    I'll take Best Post-Beatles Literary-Themed Pop Songs for $500.

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  21. dSmith6/04/2009 9:35 PM

    Songs with words in them?

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  22. Sal Nunziato6/04/2009 10:03 PM

    HAHAAHAAA. "Songs with words in them?" Oh man....

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  23. steve simels6/04/2009 10:13 PM


    geor3ge said...
    Best one- or two-word titles?


    DING DING DING!!!!

    We have a winner!!!!!!!!

    Your coveted PowerPop No-Prize is swimming its way to you by carrier piranha as we speak!!!!

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  24. steve simels6/04/2009 10:15 PM

    Oh, and...


    dSmith said...
    Songs with words in them?



    ....gevalt.
    :-)

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  25. geor3ge6/04/2009 10:30 PM

    Woot!

    [Puts no-prize on shelf next to Eschaton home run he scored at 2 am on a Wednesday.]

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  26. Who Am Us Anyway?6/05/2009 12:28 AM

    Congrats geor3ge! I do think dsmith should get an honorable mention for the best crack I've heard all week. :-)

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