http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/12/the-beatles-i-want-to-hold-your-hand/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:18:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/12/the-beatles-i-want-to-hold-your-hand/#comment-523202 rosie Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:26:23 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/12/the-beatles-i-want-to-hold-your-hand/#comment-523202 Flippin' kids! Flippin’ kids!

]]> http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/12/the-beatles-i-want-to-hold-your-hand/#comment-523181 Erithian Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:51:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/12/the-beatles-i-want-to-hold-your-hand/#comment-523181 Forgotten??!! Forgotten??!!

]]> http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/12/the-beatles-i-want-to-hold-your-hand/#comment-523175 Ashley Pomeroy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:46:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/12/the-beatles-i-want-to-hold-your-hand/#comment-523175 The thing that strikes me most about this forgotten gem from the distant past is how hard it is to sing; unless you have a second person to do the harmonies, it sounds ridiculous, particularly when you get to the low-down "I think you'll understand" bit. And the section in the chorus where they stretch out the word "hand" until it is seven syllables long. The other thing that gets me is how frantic the song is. And the "I get high / I can't hide" confusion is uncanny. The thing that strikes me most about this forgotten gem from the distant past is how hard it is to sing; unless you have a second person to do the harmonies, it sounds ridiculous, particularly when you get to the low-down “I think you’ll understand” bit. And the section in the chorus where they stretch out the word “hand” until it is seven syllables long. The other thing that gets me is how frantic the song is. And the “I get high / I can’t hide” confusion is uncanny.

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