Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

In honor of "Beatles Week" and this Sunday's 50th anniversary of the Fab Four's 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan, today's forgotten oldie is a Beatle tune.  "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" was never released as a single, but from the time Rubber Soul was released in 1965 the song got a lot of radio play.  In those days, every song of every Beatle album was played on the radio, a phenomenon never seen before or since. Historically, it was the first Beatle song to feature George on Sitar, was ranked #83 of Rolling Stones 500 greatest rock songs, and has been covered by dozens of artists from Waylon Jennings to Count Basie.  A great song.... remember?