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Song of the Week

A reader, now forever known as The Super Scout, forwarded this clip to me. I love it on so many levels it’s ridiculous. You have to give it a minute for the full effect to register. “Probiotics changed the way I feel now!”

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For the curious, here’s the real lyrics as written by Lennon & McCartney. Cheers!

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song
And I’ll try not to sing out of key.

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

What do I do when my love is away
(Does it worry you to be alone?)
How do I feel by the end of the day,
(Are you sad because you’re on your own?)

No, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody
I need somebody to love
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love.

Would you believe in a love at first sight
Yes, I’m certain that it happens all the time
What do you see when you turn out the light
I can’t tell you but I know it’s mine,

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody
I just need someone to love
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love.

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
With a little help from my friends.

A Day in the Life

I just read about this in Rolling Stone and had to track it down on youtube. For the first time ever, Paul McCartney played the song “A Day in the LIfe” live in concert. It was especially significant because that’s really John’s song, and Paul had to sing John’s part, while Yoko Ono sat beaming in the audience. Just a cool rock-n-roll moment.

Then I remembered something: “A Day in the Life” is the subtitle to my book, Six Innings, and yes, that was a conscious act of appreciation. I’ve often thrown Beatles references in my books: characters who live on Penny Lane or Abbey Road, or the old lady down the block named Mrs. Eleanor Rigby. I once even started a Jigsaw Jones book (#5, The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards), with these borrowed lines:

I got up. I got out of bed. I dragged a comb across my head.

(Gee, I hope I don’t get sued for that!) I doubt that many readers ever get the references, but I figure there’s some parents out there having a quiet chuckle, like when we watch Bugs Bunny do a Groucho Marx impression.

Anyway, enjoy the video!

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