Saturday, August 1, 2009

Drive My Car by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1965

Strangely, even though this song was written for the UK "Rubber Soul" album, it seems much more at home on the US "Yesterday and Today" compilation, as it rocks a little too hard for the remainder of "Rubber Soul". This might be because of the way I first heard it. I’m used to it now since the UK version of "Rubber Soul" has been considered the “official” version of the LP since the 1987 CD release. Later it appeared on 1973's "1962-1966". It is also used for 2006's "Love".

Paul performs a live version for 1993’s "Paul is Live". Another live version appears on the "Memory Almost Full Deluxe Edition" from 2007.

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