I Wanna Hold Your Hand vs She Loves You

I Wanna Hold Your Hand - Single, 1964 ~ Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, sung by Lennon

She Loves You - Single, 1964 ~ Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, sung by McCartney 

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

Compare: From being both recorded in German by The Beatles, these 2 songs hit number 1 on the charts in 1964. Both of them never located on albums (until after The Beatles) and sold both as singles and were both profitable. Both of them are about confessing love "wanting to hold someone's hand" and saying that the one that you love "she loves you" back. Both could be about losing love, showing about how both sides react from that.

Contrast: Really, I don't think there are very many differences between both of the songs. They do both sound different and they are both classily different Lennon and McCartney songs but they both have key points in each songs that really remind me that they're the same. "Love" centric themed songs really remind me of almost the same things. 

Likes: I like both of the songs, they're typical Beatles songs and EVERYONE knows them. Hey, if you haven't heard I Wanna Hold Your Hand at least once in your life then there's something wrong with you! And if you haven't checked out the German versions, you would enjoy listening to them (even if you don't know any German). 

Dislikes: I have a problem with Beatles song that I listen to too much that after a while I don't really like them much anymore, sadly this is what happened with the both of these songs. I can listen to them sometimes but I don't listen to them all the time, only on certain occasions. 

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The Monkees - The American Beatles

The Monkees is something that I happened to learn about on accident. It was 1am on a Saturday MANY years ago, and I just remember that I had troubles falling to sleep that night, so I decided to turn in my television to see what was on. When I passed by one channel, I swore that The Beatles were on! I laid there with confusion as I watched, on how much I loved this show. Not until I researched more about them that I knew how much they actually did relate to The Beatles.

After 'A Hard Days Night' premier in 1964, 2 men thought that it would be a great theme for a television show, having 4 young musicians who find troubles getting music jobs and running into hilarious distractions on the way. They wanted the success of the show to be just as much as The Beatles. What was cool about the show is that they were a recording band with albums! Show + band + good looking guys = very happy teenage girls. 

After interviewing many young men, they picked 4 that they thought would fit the roals perfectly. Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork (who were actual musicians), Micky Dolenz (former childhood star in a show called Circus Boy) and Davy Jones (jockey/former stage performer). They remained together as a band even after the cancelation of the show in 1968 until Mike Nesmith's departure in 1969. After taking a break for years, Peter, Micky and Davy joined back and started recording again in the 1980s. We lost Davy in 2012 and still to the day Peter and Micky are touring (so is Mike but on his own without them). 

What makes this cool is that The Beatles WATCHED THE SHOW! They were aware that they The Monkees were inspired by them and was very supportive of them. John Lennon was especially supportive, having talked about looking forward to watching the next episode of The Monkees every week. Knowing that, whenever I watch The Monkees, it makes me think that I'm watching something John Lennon had watched at one time (made me cry the first times I thought of it). 

Each of The Beatles gained friendships with each of The Monkees. John Lennon invited Mike and his wife (at the time) Phyllis (who bonded with Cynthia Lennon that day) to come to the recording of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club band, in which they did. George Harrison and Peter Tork spend many times playing the sitar together. Paul McCartney and Micky Dolenz frequently hung out (adorable pictures with them and Paul's equally as famous sheepdog Marthia). 

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The Beatles and Germany

To this day, whenever I hear someone say Hameburg, Germany, I think about The Beatles. Yes, I know that technically at the time they weren't known as "The Beatles" and it was years before Ringo would even be thought of joining the band. At that time, the consisted of 5 members, Johh Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Stutcliffe and Pete Best. They were so young when they went, George was 14 and underage - which was illegal at the time and he ended up getting deported to Liverpool! For years to come, I will always connect The Beatles and Germany together. 

John, Paul and George all learned German school but George was the one who remembered the most. It's funny, I used to look up YouTube videos of The Beatles all the time, it was so adorable to watch them whenever I wanted. One day I looked up George Harrison speaking German and I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Like The Beatles always do, it impacted my life forever. Currently for the last 3 years in my high school I've learned German as my forgin language, just because of George. 

If you didn't know already, The Beatles in 1964 released German versions of their 2 top hits of the year, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" (formerly known in German as "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand and Sie Liebt Dich"). Since I knew that they had these songs in iTunes I had to get them (thanks to the Past Masters album with Beatles hits). The part that makes me love the songs the most that 1. Its the ACTUAL Beatles singing the songs (John and Paul trying to) and 2. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IN GERMAN! (Thanks to those 3 years or learning it)

In Germany, The Beatles found themselves meeting 2 loyal friends, Astrid Kirshher and Klaus Vorrman. Astrid was engaged to Stu, even more famous for coining the term "mop top" for The Beatles and creating the hairstyle. She has even taken many infamous pictures of them, especially ones of John Lennon. Klaus is just as special to me as Astird is, he's one of my favorite people ever because he was the one to design and make The Beatles Revolver album cover (my favorite album). He also played bass at George's Concert for Bangladesh in 1970 - the both of them spoke in George's documentary Living in the Material World.  

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