BEATLE MANIA

To say that I love The Beatles is a gross understatement, if there even is a word to encompass my obsession, I believe the term worship is much more fitting. I will pay any price to add one of their albums to my record collection. I have two group and a set of their individual posters on my walls. Ringo Starr is the current and lasting background of my computer screen. I have named not one, but two dogs after Beatles songs: Lucy as in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Penny from Penny Lane.  And as if all that weren't enough, I even painted a scene from the Yellow Submarine on the side of my car. Yup. I'm obsessed.

I thought I had heard every Beatles song ever made, I thought I was an expert, but I'm sad to say it isn't so. In March, I picked up a copy of the single Let it Be in a record shop in Brussels as a souvenir of my trip. Because I didn't have a record player handy while studying abroad in Spain, I had to wait until I got home to spin my new purchase. Although the A side will always be one of my favorite Beatles songs (if I can even say that...to pick a favorite Beatles song is like choosing which of your children you love the most), the B side is what really stood out. It was a song I had never heard before, this sneaky little song had somehow managed to fly below my Beatles radar for years, and if I hadn't just happen to buy that single, who knows how long I would have lived without it.

Personally, I think "You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)" is a pretty awesome song. The lead-in drums and piano are not in typical Beatles style. Only when the quirky repetitive lyrics chime in, you start to realize this must be a Lennon-McCartney studio goof around turned actual recording. The unexpected three part lounge lizard sound makes this song the perfect lighthearted relief to "Let it Be's" heavier vibe.