The Beatles - A Hard Days Write by Steve Turner

During the early 1970's my mom picked up two Beatles mono albums from a garage sale: Something New and Rubber Soul by the Beatles.  I've been a fan ever since.  Steve Turner's book, A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song provides well researched information about each song the Beatles wrote and performed.

One entry caught me by surprise.  The song, "Two of us", from Let It Be was not about John and Paul but about Linda and Paul.  Linda would take Paul out on adventures in the countryside with no particular destination.  Paul enjoyed these adventures and wrote the song about it. 

Jane Asher, Paul's girlfriend through out much of the early 60's, was the inspiration for may of Paul's songs covering the romance and the difficulties in their relationship.
I very much enjoyed the description behind John's song, "Revolution". The style of music, especially the hard rock version, suggests an endorsement of the violence of revolution. The lyrics offer a note of caution.  John was in favor of change but not through destruction.  He noted in responding to critics that the tactic of "smashing" has been going on for a long time.  It didn't work for the French or the Russians. When the revolution is over the people doing the smashing are in charge.  He advocated working to peacefully change peoples minds instead.

Revolution -  3 min.