Hey Jude

5 Responses to “Hey Jude”

1. Deron Bauman on February 28th, 2008 at 11:09 am

   !!!

2. Amy Mabli on February 28th, 2008 at 11:41 am

   I personally thought it was a sloppy performance. He wasn’t in tune, he seemed almost drunk, and there was no effort made to have a connection with his audience.

3. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

   I’ve always hated the Beatles’ original, but this version is something else. It takes a lugubrious dirge to Level 9.

   I also love the placement of the two little cars. And . . . early on . . . do my ears detect some environmental noise? A siren, perhaps? Yes? So much the better.

   (Oh, and — Amy? I appreciate your perspective. He treads a thin line, continually risking a lurch toward the excess of Jim Morrison or the gaucherie of Wesley Willis. But I think that if you give him another chance, you’ll see that he maintains an exquisite balance as he walks the razor’s edge.)

4. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

   Oh! And I find brilliant his abrupt truncation of the traditional and seemingly endless, “Na na na na na na na/Na na na na/Hey Jude”.

5. Amy Mabli on February 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

   I am willing to accept that I’m unable to see the brilliance in this right now. Like when I was 14 and wondered what the big deal was with Bob Dylan.

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