Dear Prudence vs. Back in the U.S.S.R

Back in the U.S.S.R - The White Album, 1968, Written and sung by Paul McCartney 

Dear Prudence - The White Album, 1968 ~ Written and sung by John Lennon 

Remember, THESE are my own opinions and they may be totally, 100% different than yours so no hate please!

Compare: The theme for the songs this week are the one's I said that Ringo didn't do the drums on. I feel like these 2 songs are really represented of the people/band that they were named after. 'Dear Prudence' was John writing about a girl named Prudence Farrow (actress Mia Farrow's sister) who was in India on the trip with them in 1968. She used to get caught in meditation and John wanted to make a song kinda after that, beaconing Prudence out of meditation.  'Back in the U.S.S.R' was basically a song based off of Chuck Berry's 'Made in America' and The Beach Boys 'California Girls'. 

Contrast: It's Lennon and McCartney at their work - we all know that there is going to be a difference in the sound of both of the songs. But another thing I think there is a difference in them is that one is more famous than the other (my opinion). We all know 'Dear Prudence' a lot more than we do 'Back in the U.S.S.R'. 

Likes: I like the songs on The White Album, it's like taking a jump into the later 1960's and experiencing multiple different kinds of genres of music on 1 album (packed with songs on both sides of it). These 2 are on the top of the list of my favorite songs on the album. I listen to Dear Prudence a lot more than Back in the U.S.S.R, I love Dear Prudence so much that someday I'd love to name my daughter Prudence so she could have it as her song.

Dislikes: Being a Ringo girl, you can guess that I'm not very happy that he didn't play the drums on this album. Yes, Paul did a decent job on them and if you didn't know that Ringo wasn't drumming, you wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. But being me, I can't ever forget that it isn't Ringo whenever I listen to the songs. I'm the bad person of telling other people as they listen to the song that it isn't Ringo and they get angry at me. Sorry!

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Jayci's 4 Beatles Funfacts (Part 2)

I did a post like this a while back where I talked about Beatles Funfacts that I personally know and hopefully could share to you guys if you didn't know - today I decided to bring it back again and talk about more of my favorite Beatles Funfacts! 

1. The White Album's title isn't really "The White Album": If you ever look at The White Album, you can instantly tell that there's something unique about it - it's plain with nothing special on it; unless you look close enough. Towards the bottom of the album cover, you can see that 2 words "The Beatles", and do you know why they're there? Yes, obviously The Beatles made the album but that's actually the titled of the album. 

2. The song 'Yellow Submarine' is located on 2 separate Beatles albums: This one fact has always been confusing to me because why would they put the same Beatles song on 2 albums. Out of a ll my Beatles song knowledge I have, this is the only song that I can think of that is on 2 separate Beatles albums several years apart. Yes, 2 years isn't that long away but it's just a little surprising. It's located on 1966's 'Revolver' and 1968's 'Yellow Submarine'.

3. Paul McCartney and George Harrison went to school together: Some people think that The Beatles all knew each other before they ever joined with each other to make the band, which isn't the case at all. The only 2 Beatles that knew each other before the making of The Beatles were Paul McCartney and George Harrison. They both went to the same elementary school together (George was in a grade below Paul) and they actually took the same bus together. This is how after Paul met John, was able to persuade him to listen to George's playing and then kicked off the start of something amazing. 

4. Ringo didn't play the drums for 2 (technically 3) Beatles songs: Ringo quit the band in 1968 (before rejoining back that same year) during the same time production of 'The White Album' was going on. This meant that they had to have a replacement for the drum parts for the 2 songs that he missed. Paul jumped in and played the drum parts for both 'Dear Prudence' and 'Back in the U.S.S.R'. Only 2 Beatles played on the song 'A Ballad of John and Yoko' having Paul taking on the drumming part once again. 

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