The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand

The first time I become familiar with this was in 2007 when I was in grade 5. In my music class we had to learn about '60s music, with examples being two Beatles and two Beach Boys songs. This, "Hello, Goodbye", "Barbara Ann" and "Surfin' Safari" being the ones we learnt about. This learning meant examining the lyrics, pointing out where they sung in harmony, and practice playing the song on xylophones and for each song (I got to do it for one song iirc) one person in the class got to play the song on bass guitar.

This is quite a conflicting song for me. I have to admit the melody and all that is enjoyable and it has a good sound plus it's also really catchy and instantly recognisable. But I dunno some of the vocals really grate, this is particularly evident when they say "let me hold your hand" and "I want to hold your hand". But there's some nice vocal moments in there too, so it's not totally a disaster. Also even as a really innocent 11 year old I thought "I want to hold your hand" was an incredibly lame thing to say, I still think that to this day. I had trouble rating this initially and it was put into the 3 star section. But when I went to do a write up for it, there was some improvement in its rating so here it is.

I won't question its iconicness but I don't feel it like many others do, personally think they have many better tracks and would've preferred "She Loves You" to be their first #1 in Australia. Maybe one day I'll appreciate it more.
Zuletzt editiert: 12.02.2015 06:32