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The Police, Walking on the Moon, Live
Sting wrote this song while he was drunk in Germany, seems fitting considering the free floating riffs and subject matter. “Walking on the Moon,” is an unparallelled Police classic, and an example of genuine 80s psychedelia, a sort of rare excursion for 80s pop groups. Actually the song was originally titled “Walking Round the Room,”…
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Bob Dylan, Series of Dreams
The thing about being a prolific artist with a 40+ year career is that its likely you might release some random epic masterpieces when people are done paying attention to you. Bob Dylan is such an artist. His song, “Series of Dreams,” a bootleg from the Oh Mercy sessions, is a fantastic piece of abstract…
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WillieSimpson.com One Year Anniversary! The Beatles, Birthday
One year ago, as a birthday present to myself, I launched williesimpson.com to a total of 12 viewers, 99% of those viewers being myself, and even I wasn’t impressed. Yes, the start was slow, but over the course of the year, after presenting a top 100 list of my favorite youtube videos, being nominated for…
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, Lost Guitar Solo
Well, this is miraculous. Here we have a simple video of famed Beatle producer George Martin, his son Giles, and George Harrison’s son Dhani, all playing around with the master track for “Here Comes the Sun.” Off Abbey Road, “Here Comes the Sun” is probably George’s second greatest song behind “Something,” also from the same…
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The Who, I Can See For Miles, and the Origins of Helter Skelter
So apparently, if it weren’t for this song, Charles Manson never would have heard the Beatles “Helter Skelter” and have murdered all those people. Legend goes that Paul McCartney read that this song was the “heaviest” ever made, and without even hearing it, took it upon himself to write a metal song, a genre that…
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The Who, Who Are You?
Rock and roll. It’s life, it’s blood, it’s the Who. This studio performance of “Who Are You” from “The Kids Are Alright” film is one of the best and clearest examples of rock and roll perfection. The Who were a dynamite live act and an incredible studio machine. This video captures both looks of the…
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The Who, The Seeker
I was examining the dusty halls of my website, and I realized my section on the Who is seriously lacking. It’s not for lack of love, merely an oversight soon to be corrected. “The Seeker” is one of my favorite Who songs. It’s a hard driving philosophical rock fest that is half serious/half parody. When…
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Paul McCartney Performs Blackbird in Abbey Road
Paul McCartney had so many wonderful moments in his time with the Beatles, some big, some small, but all beautiful. I have an ultra rare clip of the man playing “Blackbird,” his gorgeous ballad from the White Album. This is footage of Paul playing the song for Beatles producer George Martin in the Abbey Road…
