THE BEATLES THE IMPACT

Early Beatles still amaze me. Their songs were so simple, yet so enjoyable. In fact, most of the early lyrics were monosyllabic. From the titles "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," to "She Loves You," and all the way to "Hey, Jude." Ok, for the purpose of argumentation, I did leave out a few hundred other titles, but even the lyrics take on the simplistic.

"She was just 17, if you know what I mean/ but the way she looked was way beyond compare." Just a sampling, but try it with most of the early songs and you'll see what I mean.

It's similar to the revelation that Emily Dickinson's poems can be sung to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Try it with even some of her more serious poems, such as "Because I could not Stop for Death:" /he kindly stopped for me. This knowledge came to me through the old tv sit. com. Head of the Class. Once, Mr. Blair came to my class in American Lit. and sang an Emily poem to that tune.

Lots of times simple is better. Even in The Beatles and Emily Dickinson.