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George Drew: The Poem about the Beatles (with video)
Revolver, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper's, The Beatles, Abbey Road, Let It Be—Don't get me wrong, I love them, too. As they were for millions, they were the soundtrack of the sex-desperate, id-intoxicated, acne-riddled adolescent me. Here comes the sun, they sang, and I believed, opening myself like a window, rain and snow no hindrance, knowing the sun would win out in the end, the end not something I could fathom, one of their LPs an antidote to no tomorrow. Let it be, they sang, and I believed that, too, never doubting that I would always have a mast to tie myself to, that the yellow submarine would welcome me aboard, would take me on its magical mystery cruise, would let me be. But this is the poem about the Beatles that I never wrote, and now there are more yesterdays than tomorrows, more time spent in port than on those rainbowed seas, George and John dead, Paul and Ringo old. I'm old, too, and now I know I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob, I'm the old man on the hill, I'm Rocky Raccoon, I’m Gideon without his bible. I'm old, too, and now I know that the truth might not set me free, but that the truth is free. --
George Drew’s many books include Drumming Armageddon (Madville, 2020).
Copyright 2020 George Drew.
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A little poem about the Fabulous Four:
THE BEATLES
This wonderful English group
Was better than all of YouTube.
They created a brand-new sound,
A modern guitar style was found.
John, Paul, George and Ringo
Started their glorious Show.
Four nice boys from Liverpool,
Always smart and very cool;
Became heroes in Great Britain
With titles, they’ve brillant written;
From “Please, please me” to “Let it be”
Music in perfect harmony.
They dominated the global Charts,
Till today they take to our hearts.
The songs are heard around the earth,
By old Hippies just as young Nerds.
Their music will be forever,
The Fab Four we’ll forget never!
Rainer Kirmse , Altenburg
With kind regards from Thuringia / Germany
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Thank you for this!
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Love it, George! It takes me back to “all those years ago…”
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Love this. I remember writing a poem about when I’m 64 as my late husband was dying of Parkinson’s. I will have to dig it up. I remember crying snd thinking, they lied!
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The Beatles video is wonderful, Michael. A perfect compliment to George’s poem. Look how young they were! I noticed the uncomfortable people of color and the producer with carnations taped to his glasses. His signals to the band at the end were very funny. What in the world was he trying to say? Stop? Keep playing? Oh what the heck?
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Thanks, Kim!
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