I was just checking out Last.FM (if you don’t know what it is, check it out) and I noticed that The Beatles have a total of over 222 million plays. This got me to wondering: “Does anyone have more than that? What would a Last.FM all time top plays list look like?” So I did […]

Because it’s such a fun bouncy sing-along type tune people don’t often notice that “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by The Beatles is about a serial killer. This cartoon (embedded below) brings the lyrics (written by Paul McCartney) to “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” to life.
I’ve always thought this song gets a bad rap (including from Paul’s fellow […]

The Beatles USB has been going out of stock since it first went on sale on December 8. It’s back in stock on February 5th on Amazon.
Features of The Beatles USB
+ The only way to buy The Beatles music in mp3 format.
+ Includes 24 bit (better than CD quality) FLAC files.
+ Contains everything that’s […]

I recently came across the following quote from Norman Smith (who was The Beatles recording engineer from Please Please Me through Rubber Soul)
I don’t want to take anything away from anyone, but production of the Beatles was very simple, because it was ready-made. Paul was a very great influence in terms of the production, especially […]

Some selected entries from this week’s billboard charts:
#01 Vampire Weekend - Contra
Is that a younger Britney Spears on the cover of this album? I haven’t heard this yet, so I can’t make any comments on the quality of the music. These days it’s quite unusual for someone other than a solo female act to reach […]

After finding (and posting here) the top ten selling vinyl albums of 2008 last year I wanted to do the same thing this year when the numbers became available and they have and so I am.
These numbers come from soundscan which has been keeping track of album sales since 1991. The 2.5 million new vinyl […]

Soundscan is out with their final sales numbers for 2009 and the three biggest sellers of the year were Michael Jackson with 8.3 million albums sold, Taylor Swift with 4.6 million albums sold, and The Beatles with 3.3 million albums sold.
That a pop singer known mostly for his work in the 1980s and a […]

Instead of looking back at 2009 on New Years Eve, I’m going to look forward to 2010. These are the album releases (whether the release date is set in stone or only rumored) that I’m looking forward to.
Radiohead
No album name or release date as of yet but it does seem likely that a new Radiohead […]

This is my 6th entry in my continuing series on each of The Beatles 186 original songs released from 1962 through 1970. This song, “I Saw Her Standing There,” is my favorite of them thus far.
It’s a great song, but even if it weren’t a great song it would be notable for being the […]

On the final Billboard 200 album chart prior to Christmas a total of eight Beatles releases made the top 200 sellers of the week:
#082 Abbey Road (1969)
#085 The White Album (1970)
#099 The Beatles in Stereo Box Set (2009)
#126 1 (2000)
#130 Sgt. Pepper’s… (1967)
#163 Rubber Soul (1965)
#170 Revolver (1966)
#184 Love (2006)
Not a bad showing considering that […]