Shannon’s Perspective:

“something in the way she knows”

Imagine my complete and utter surprise when a Beatles song made the list. Larry has never been quiet about his feelings about The Beatles (0 stars would not recommend).  I on the other hand, love The Beatles (most specifically John Lennon, but also the 3 other guys in the band) and have since I was a kid.  I’m pretty sure it started when I watched that 1978 classic film Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring Peter Frampton, the Bee Gee’s, George Burns and so many others. It’s a totally weird and bizarre movie musical that was right up my alley, even at the young age of 7. But whatever the reason I do love the Beatles and I respect, even if I don’t understand, that Larry does not.  But there was something in the way I knew Larry was the one for me.

Larry’s Pick: Something

I'm going to make what I assume will be a very unpopular statement: I do not like The Beatles. I have actively worked to avoid them as much as possible. I just don't get it. I've tried to put myself in that timeframe when they first crossed the pond and what that meant to music - but to me, and I'm dating myself with this statement, they are the equivalent of 90's boy-bands.

The documentary I tried to watch with Shannon (because she loves The Beatles, and I love her, so...)  just enraged me even more. Paul seems to steam-roll everyone, Ringo was just "there", George made what I would call feeble attempts to be part of this "thing", and John, well, he actually seemed like someone I would hang out with. But as a whole, I'll pass. Hate me if you want.

On to the song.  

Sometimes, and actually more often than not, there is beauty in simplicity. And that's what I consider this song.

Now for you young, and even old folks, something you did back in the day was make tapes for each other. And Shannon and I were fortunate enough to have missed vinyl and 8-tracks (because you couldn't record from the radio, make your own mix-tapes, etc.) and grew up with Walkmans and boom-boxes. So that's what you did.

But not only back in the day - Shannon actually surprised me for my 40th birthday with 4 CD's dedicated to us. I was blown away. And pissed. Because she thought of it before me. Even though we were getting "old", it's great to still hang on to this past-time. And since at that point we had been together forever (or so I thought - that was 12 years ago at the time of this post) and had two sons, we had a lot more perspective on life and music that imitated life.

So I had to return the favor. And this was one of the songs I "gave" her.

Again, we were 23 and 22 when we got married. Not only is that ridiculously young, but one of us had a lot of maturing to do. His initials are LB.

So when I hear this song and I think about myself, I hear "You're asking me, will my love grow? I don't know, I don't know. You stick around, now, it may show."

Based on the idiot I was at the time - I was asking a lot of Shannon. But she did stick around. And my love did grow.

When I think about this song for Shannon, it's just her Something. Something about her confidence. Something about her toughness. Something about her humor. Something about her intelligence. Something about her beauty.

Something about her willingness to put up with me...

P.S. It's not lost on me that this song is credited to George Harrison, and only George Harrison. At least Rush credited everything to Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart.