‘Hey Jude’ at 50: Celebrating the Beatles’ Most Open-Hearted Masterpiece

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:48:19 -0800

If you ask me my favorite Beatles song, I’m going to choke. But I do know ‘Hey Jude’ is in my top 3. It has to be.

I just read this story in the Rolling Stone by Rob Sheffield from a couple years ago, describing the background in which ‘Hey Jude’ came to be, and how it became a signature Beatles song. It truly is one of their greatest.

“Hey Jude” remains a source of sustenance in difficult times — a moment when four longtime comrades, clear-eyed adults by now, take a look around at everything that’s broken around them. Yet they still join together to take a sad song and make it better.

The Seen and The Unseen

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:27:09 -0700

I have been listening to podcasts for a few years now. Most of the podcasts I listen to are (unsurprisingly) tech-related. However, slowly, my podcast feed has been growing for the last year or so, with new feeds that focus on politics, economics and current affairs. As my schedule gets more streamlined, I listen to more podcast episodes every week. It makes a lot of sense to listen to them while I’m doing chores or while I’m commuting. (If you use iOS and listen to podcasts, go, try Overcast if you don’t know about it already. It is the best podcast player out there.)

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‘Hey Jude’ at 50: Celebrating the Beatles’ Most Open-Hearted Masterpiece

The Seen and The Unseen