Beatles Cover Project: PLEASE PLEASE ME

First in a series of cover versions, by album, in order. I hope it gets easier. I hope the covers get better.

I Saw Her Standing There THE TUBES


Misery KENNY LYNCH


Anna (Go to Him) Arthur Alexander (original recording artist)


Chains THE COOKIES (original recording artist)


Boys THE SHIRELLES (Original recording artist)


Ask Me Why LES LIONCEAUX (Je Suis Fou)


Please Please Me MATT DUSK


Love Me Do DAVID BOWIE


P.S. I Love You

Baby It's You THE SHIRELLES (original recording artist)


Do You Want to Know a Secret BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS


A Taste of Honey HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS BAND


There's a Place THE SMITHEREENS


Twist and Shout TOP NOTES (original recording artist)

John Lennon with Elton John, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA November 28, 1974

When I pulled up the DOUBLE FANTASY WORKING VERSION and heard John directing the band through the studio mic a tremor ran through me. Not sure how you all feel about magic and positive energy and all that, but I felt some of the magic from that afternoon had been captured on tape, digitized and stored if only to be released into the universe over and over again. I felt like John's voice poured into the mic and hit my ears same as it did the ears of the musicians in the studio that day. Like the digital filter that existed chronologically and geographically was no different than a crystal ball of divining mirror.

So instead of writing I searched for a few more fragments of magic and found them on Youtube. Elton John wanted John Lennon to appear on stage with him in New York City. The thought of it scared the pants off of Lennon, who agreed to do it only if "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" hit number one, which he was sure it wouldn't. John Lennon lost the bet, and these three performances mark the last time he ever appeared on stage. Here they are in the order they appeared on the setlist.