Saturday, September 4, 2010

She’s Leaving Home by The Beatles – ***

First released: 1967

McCartney doing one of those “soap opera” songs that Lennon was never too crazy about. I think it’s fine and it appears on "Sgt. Pepper". It was never performed live until 2003's "Back in the World", and on 2005's In "Red Square" DVD with drummer Abe Laborial doing the high voice parts.

She’s Given Up Talking by Paul McCartney – *

First released: 2001

More bad lyrics from McCartney. "Not a dickie bird"? Really! The tune is so-so and the whole embarrassment appears on "Driving Rain".

She’s About a Mover by Ringo Starr – ****

First released: 1983

I actually heard Ringo’s version of this song played once on a country station on the radio at the time of release on Ringo’s "Old Wave" album, that it might have actually been released. It is the best track off of the album and was a remake of the old Sir Douglas Quintet song from 1965. The song was also included on "Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2" in 1989.

She’s a Woman by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1964

One of my favorite Beatles songs of all time. I much prefer the heavily echoed Capitol Records version. It first appeared on CD on "Past Masters, Volume One" in 1988. A 1964 radio version appears on 1994's "Live at the BBC".

A 1966 live version appears on "Anthology 2" in 1996. McCartney does a live take of the song on "Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)" in 1991.

She's a Friend of Dorothy by John Lennon – (NR)

Unreleased.

Unreleased Lennon demo dating from 1975.

She's a Friend of Dorothy by John Lennon – (NR)

Unreleased.

Unreleased Lennon demo dating from 1975.

She Said Yeah by Paul McCartney – ***

First released: 1999

Paul finally covered a Larry Williams track that he always wanted to do for his "Run Devil Run" album. He claims that The Beatles would have done it after covering "Bad Boy", "Slow Down" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzie", but never got around to it. Williams version dates from 1959.