I am certain this will mark me as senile in the minds of some, but now and then,

[Atticus]

playing certain BEATLES tunes just seems to take all the wind out of my sails. I've just stopped what I was doing to listen to George's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and the enormity of what has been pissed away between the first time I heard that song and now settled over me like a shroud.

I think my weekend will be a somber one.

Carry on.

[gab13by13]

1. "Imagine" works quite well.

[Walleye]

3. Agree

[Walleye]

2. "Eleanor Rigby" still gets to me

[unblock]

4. Here's one of the somewhat more obscure verses:

I look from the wings at the play you are staging
While my guitar gently weeps
As I’m sitting here, doing nothing but aging
Still my guitar gently weeps

[Ferryboat]

5. The box set that was released some years ago

Is made up entirely of demos. While my guitar gently weeps is stripped down to George on acoustic with Paul on organ. Hauntingly beautiful.

[LakeArenal]

6. I have found Beatle songs for every stage of my life.

Elenor Rigby, A Day In the Life and She’s Leaving Home are songs to make you feel uncomfortable things...

The current song for this stage of my life is:

https://m.

[crickets]

7. My sister and I used to sing harmonies to this song

to and from choir practice every week. She was old enough to drive us there in the family station wagon, so it was just the two of us. That 8 track tape got played a lot. I still smile and sing along every time I hear this song.

[LakeArenal]

21. ❣️

[PatrickforO]

8. Atticus, you gotta cheer up buddy! Try "here comes the sun!"

I know we're living in a time where truth is no longer truth, the middle class has been hunted nearly to extinction and we are being governed by the worst, most immoral, most incompetent people who are raping the treasury this one last time, to leave us cringing while the billionaire parasite gobble up the last of what once made our republic great.

But, the sun will rise tomorrow, and today the wind is shaking the leaves on the trees and the air smells clean and fresh!

There's an election coming, and it is darkest before the dawn. Yeah, I know that's a cliche...

By the way, I do enjoy your posts - please keep them coming but don't allow yourself to get so depressed. That's what they want. They want us to curl up in despair and give up. Well, we're not doing that! Because we outnumber them, and they are afraid.

[Joinfortmill]

9. Carry on. Stay safe. Vote.

[Vinca]

10. I love that song. I've got every Beatles CD in my car and they've been played a million times.

I also like a Paul McCartney solo CD called "Flaming Pie." Currently listening to Eric Clapton's greatest hits.

[Atticus]

12. Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight", IMHO, one of the most hauntingly beautiful

love sounds ever written, especially when he sings it.

[SergeStorms]

20. Bell Bottom Blues, and Layla.

My two favorites. He was going through a very dark time in his life then, soon to get darker. My life experiences and his seemed to coincide at that point in time. We both came through it alright, though.

'Wonderful Tonight' also brings back some remarkable memories as well. Ahhhh.....life. Melancholy does set in at times, doesn't it? But this too shall pass.

[Vinca]

25. Absolutely. I love that one.

[alfredo]

11. Get out of the house, walk and enjoy the world.

[Think of those you’ve loved and those who love you. If you have even just one Love, your life is not wasted no matter how it faded, changed, or ended. If it has persisted, count yourself a fortunate soul.

If the Negative feelings persist find someone to talk to. Zoloft is not defeat.

Carry On.

[Atticus]

13. I'll be fine. I am given to introspection and this sometimes gets me down, but I

know how to climb out of the hole. Thanks for the kind words.

[alfredo]

14. Quarantine tends to Emphasize the negative.

I had my first quarantine dream. It wasn’t bad, but I did remember. It was a mash up of my postal service, and losing my car dreams.

[Mme. Defarge]

15. And in the end, the love you take

is equal to the love you make.

I played that and Let it Be at my husband’s memorial service.

[alfredo]

16. Just stay away from "In My Life."

[SergeStorms]

17. You're not alone, Atticus.

I played the entire 'White Album' last night with the headphones on and I swear I heard things I never heard before. It's been a long damned time since I was a 14 year old kid watching The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan show with my older (now deceased) sister. Still, I look forward. Always forward.

[sarge43]

18. Here you go, Atticus. Here Comes the Sun

[Brainfodder]

19. I never deep dive lyrics, not sure why, but I can recall so many when the song plays?

I think this is how Death Count Donnie and Moscow Mitch get a pass by their supporters, not looking too closely and not really that interested, either?

[LakeArenal]

22. Then you miss about half of the song as written.

I like whole songs. My dearest friend is like you. Guitar rules.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

23. Norwegian Wood

Nostalgia

[Martin Eden]

24. Maybe you should jam to some rock'n'roll

I saw her standing there
Birthday
Carry that weight

[dmr]

26. Beatlemania still lives in my old soul.

This Beatlemaniac truly bewildered her parents.

There's a Beatle song for every stage of my life.

Depending on the recording, I can burst out in a laugh, remember fond memories, or sob a few tears.

I truly do appreciate your posting this thread.