ALAN'S SATURDAY POP SLOT #28 – PAPERBACK WRITER and RAIN by THE BEATLES

Two clips made back to back in the gardens of Chiswick House for The Ed Sullivan tv show. The Beatles would always do a spot for Ed when they were touring the States. With touring now no longer happening, the Fabs came up with these precursors to the standard MTV pop promo.

Both songs have always been big favourites, The Beatles really do seem to be at the top of their songwriting game – they were knocking stuff like this out at a thousand miles an hour. I love the bit half way through PaperbackWriter where they throw in Frere Jacques as a backing vocal. Sublimey…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBPbfAU3I78

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTLJMSbEnn0

Alan X

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