George & John

By Shelly Peiken

My next single is for anyone who’s never gotten over the dissolution of the Beatles. Or more understandably the idea that half of them no longer exist. I promise…this one’s for you.

For the longest time I had this vision — I wanted to write a song that compared the agony of losing half my heart in a breakup with the pain of losing half of the Beatles. In my mind the concept seemed brilliant. I just could never figure out how to execute it effectively. No melody, lyric or cello lived up to the vision.

And then a few years ago while on a writing trip to London I described this song-in-my-mind to colleague, writer/producer/artist-in-his-own-right/fellow Uber Beatles Enthusiast — Phil Thornalley. He totally got it. So much so that he offered to write me a piece of music that could inspire the right words to this emotional analogy.

I was skeptical. There was no way anyone could capture the magnitude and character of that loss. A few weeks later, after returning home to L.A., there was an mp3 in my email queue. Silly Phil, I thought. He’s just wasting his time. Curious though, I reluctantly pressed play. My jaw dropped.

The words started pouring out and I they wouldn’t stop. In fact I didn’t get out of my chair until they were all written. One fell swoop. I swear they channelled themselves. I hardly did a thing. I was simply the vessel.

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