Oh-Blog-Di, Oh-Blog-Da

Who didn't cry during Star Wars Episode I? In a deeply touching scene, a young Anakin Skywalker asks Qui-Gon Jinn/Aslan, "How many stars are up there?"
"Billions," answered Qui-Gon
"Has anyone ever been to them all?"
"Not likely."
"I'm gonna be the first one to see them all!" said Future-Darth Vader. Then Qui-Gon made a call to Obi-Wan Kenobi on a ladies' razor. 

        

That got me thinking: How many Beatles songs are there?
"207," said Google, "not including covers."
"Has anyone ever played them all?"
"Aside from the Beatles?"
"I'm gonna be the first to play them all!" I exclaimed. 
I hatched a plan to play a Beatles song every day until I had played them all. I had played a few before, but as I scanned down the list, I was amazed at the how many I was completely unfamiliar with. Sure, it would be fun to play all the big ones, but I didn't want to eat all my marshmallows first. So, I decided to choose a random one every day. Then I asked myself, "Why don't I share this little project with the world? I could write a daily blog, like a musical Julie and Julia, but less gay. Who wouldn't love that?"
"Julie and Julia was delightful," Myself answered quickly.


I brainstormed with my brother, Simon, about possible names for the blog. The ones we came up with are here:

• An Apple a Day
• A Day In The Life (x207)
• Here Comes the Fun
• The Continuing Story Of Jon-Erik
• I Will (Play Every Beatles Song. Just You Wait)
• Yesterday (I Played A Beatles Song. Tomorrow I Will Too.)
• I am the WalAwesome
• Get Back (You people that say I can't play every Beatles Song)
• Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Relentless Playing Of Beatles Songs
• P.S. You Love Me
• I Want To Hold Your Face
• Don't Let Me Down (Watch My Blog)
• Back In The You Read My Blog      *note – it's better if you sing it, but still not good
• Magical Mystery Blog
• While My Guitar Gently Plays Every Beatles Song
• Jon-Erik's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Let It Blog
• Why Don't We Do It In The Road (And By "It," I Mean Play Every Single Beatles Song Ever)

So, the first song randomly chosen was "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." This seemed fitting, as it's a song that isn't exactly my favorite, and I'll probably butcher it. I dug into it a little more; it was actually voted the worst song of all time. I don't know when this poll was taken but it was clearly before this and this and this and this and this and this and this happened. In any case, "Ob-La-Di" has one of the best/worst pickup lines ever. It's right there in the first verse: "Desmond says to Molly, 'Girl, I like your face...'" Next thing you know they're getting married. Removed from the maniacally euphoric context of the song, it sounds even weirder. Paul McCartney originally wanted to record the song at a slower tempo. John Lennon absolutely hated this song; he thought it was completely trite and meaningless. He called Ob-La-Di more of "Paul's granny sh--." Ironic coming from the guy wearing the same glasses as Mrs. Claus.  So, one day, fed up and totally baked, Lennon came into the studio and started playing the opening chords all fast and happy. Totally a "That Thing You Do" moment. Sort of.

Feel free to post better names for this blog, comments, and complaints (thanks for ruining my favorite Beatles song, etc.) below.