Word: lennons
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...Quick update on something I wrote about last week: Mark Chapman, JohnLennon's killer,was denied parole...
...From among this wealth of choices, I have attempted to select the 10 best Beatle songs, a daunting task that I chose not to further compound by trying to put them in order. (It was George Harrison's misfortune as a songwriter to get stuck with Lennon and McCartney; in any other band he would have stood out, but not on this list, even if his post-Beatles work stands up to that of his bandmates. Then again, the challenge of proving himself probably provided the push that made him write "While My Guitar Gently Weeps...
...Ticket to Ride" Lennon wrote it, but Paul came up with the beat. It rocks. If your hair doesn't stand up on your neck for that intro, your spinal column is disconnected...
...Fell" The intro alone tops most anything from that era in terms of harmonic sophistication. Lennon writing like McCartney, with an Everly Brothers?style harmony to drive it home...
...with shapely modern buildings, bridges and lots of grass. The attractions aren't bad either. There's a 360-degree theater showing a safety film by German director Dani Levy, rides that simulate a fraction of the force of a car crash, and pavilions for each VW brand. John Lennon's white Beetle, featured on the cover of Abbey Road, is a centerpiece of the VW museum. But perhaps the smartest thing VW did was to keep prices low and focus on fun--not hype. Whaddya know, it works...