YOU KNOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING A SERIOUS 2016 CANDIDATE PROBLEM...

YOU KNOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING A SERIOUS 2016 CANDIDATE PROBLEM...

WHEN IN COMPARISON, GEORGE W. BUSH STARTS SEEMING TO BE A REASONABLE AND MODERATE PERSON.

 

Mr. President -- Please Read The Speech First Before Delivering It

All Presidents have speech writers. Yes, the President may contribute, enhance, edit and make final changes to a speech that will be heard by millions, but how tonight's inexcusable revision got by the nation's first black President is unfortunate.

"My fellow Americans, I am confident we will succeed in this mission because we are on the right side of history. We were founded upon a belief in human dignity -- that no matter who you are, or where you come from, or what you look like, or what religion you practice, you are equal in the eyes of God and equal in the eyes of the law."

You might want to share that with the approximate 700,000 slaves that existed  in 1776, IN ALL 13 COLONIES, at the founding of America.

      The nation's first George W. with some of his helpers.

RUBBER SOUL -- THE BEATLES 50 YEARS

It was a cold, grey day in Chicago, Monday, December 6, 1965. I was almost 13. I could not concentrate on anything in 8th grade that day, because all I knew was that a new Beatles album was coming out and at 3:15...I would be at the Chicago-Rogers Park neighborhood record store.

I did not know the album's name, or any songs that would be on it. There were no pop music magazines except "16" and there was only one radio station for young people, WLS. All they said is that the new Beatles album would be out today.

I walked in the cold to the tiny mom & pop record store and there it was--RUBBER SOUL...with its slightly distorted cover in tones of brown and I took out the $1.98 for the MONO version, which was a lot of money to a kid back then.

I ran home with it, took it out of its sealed enclosure and joyfully placed it on my child's record player that I still had from age 5 with its tiny speaker and limited one-tone control.

What I would hear would ASTONISH me. I was mesmerized.


It was amazing. And an incredible breakthrough
for this group going through a musical transition.


Side 1--I've Just Seen A Face was a great up-tempo pop song with a great harmony hook (fallin' yes I am fallin')...Norwegian Wood--was I hearing right? Was this The Beatles? It was indescribable and what was that weird instrument they were using?...You Won't See Me had such daring background vocals going on...Think For Yourself--by now I was going crazy! That fuzz bass sound (never used before) was captivating...The Word was so catchy yet demanded your attention...and then the opening notes of Michelle was just the beginning of this musical masterpiece--not only was Paul singing French, but he was doing a complete separate Bass composition on his own!...the enchantment continued with side 2, but when I got to "In My Life"...I knew this album would effect me the rest of my life.

Yes, it was Capitol Record's version of "Rubber Soul" but nobody knew ANYTHING about another version. It wasn't until 1978 that Tower Records had a special Beatles week and brought in a limited supply--one time only of the official British albums. And I bought the whole set.

Was I ever surprised at what the real Rubber Soul consisted of. 99.9% of the rest of Americans did not know anything about this until the official CDs were issued in the late 1980s of British versions only.


*The American version of Rubber Soul did not contain the following tracks--
They were taken off and used for a phony Capitol Beatles album “Yesterday and Today”
only released in America and allowing yet another million selling album:
"Drive My Car", "Nowhere Man", "What Goes On" and “If I Needed Someone.”
*The American version of Rubber Soul contained the following tracks not on

any release of the album elsewhere worldwide:

“I've Just Seen A Face” and “It's Only Love.”

This of course says something important about artist integrity.

Up until “Sgt. Pepper,” Capitol Records would butcher the Beatles albums

to create their own versions of what they believed Americans wanted to

hear. They would take tracks off, put other tracks on, add echo where they

wanted, use alternate versions. And create non-existent albums.

America was the only country that did not get the official British releases

as desired by the Beatles and producer George Martin.

RUBBER SOUL has always been my favorite Beatles album.
I estimate that I have listened to the album on
LP, cassette, CD and in computer memory at least

1500-2000 times. I base this on the fact that I have listened to

the album at least 30 times a year since 1965.

The album inspired Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys to create his masterpiece LP “Pet Sounds.”

Wilson's brilliant work inspired Paul McCartney to put together “Sgt. Pepper.”

RUBBER SOUL is considered one of the Top Ten greatest pop music albums ever

by every leading survey.