Comments on: THE BEATLES - “Can’t Buy Me Love”

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:11:22 +0000

Pete Murray reviewed it in MM at the time and said it wasn’t very tuneful and that it was a shame that Lennon and McCartney were giving away their best songs to artists like Peter and Gordon.

They didn’t know then and they still don’t know now.

By: rosie

rosie — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:54:18 +0000

That was mean, Marcello! And you know it…

The point is, at the time nobody knew how the Beatles were going to develop. In the context of what was around it, and not all of it was at all bad, CBML stood out from the crowd. So, for that matter, did Love Me Do, which we aren’t dealing with here: I know I was only eight when I first heard it but I was already an enthusiastic listener to Luxy (under the bedclothes, as you did) but Love Me Do stood out instantly when I first heard it.

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:32:39 +0000

insightful

By: SteveIson

SteveIson — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:28:42 +0000

Easily weakest of all their #1s(with the exception maybe of Ballad Of John and Yoko)