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Roots and Rhythms
Wednesday December 8th, 2010 with Bruce
John Lennon, 1940-1980

His songs were always the shade (relatively speaking) to McCartney's sunshine, and lyrically more interesting as a result. Minimal commentary/maximum tuneage
Not A Second Time
The Beatles - With The Beatles (1964)
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
The Beatles - Help! (1965)
I'm A Loser
The Beatles - Beatles For Sale (1965)
Help!
The Beatles - Help!
Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Is Sleeping)
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
I'm Only Sleeping
The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
Girl
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
And Your Bird Can Sing
The Beatles - Revolver
In My Life
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Strawberrry Fields Forever
The Beatles - single (1967)
quick first-set rundown;

2nd set moves past the Beatles into a few tunes from the post-Beatles career
Rain
The Beatles - single (1966)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967)
Sexy Sadie
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me & My Monkey
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
Mean Mr. Mustard
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
Polythene Pam
John Lennon - Abbey Road
Working Class Hero
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Ya Ya
John Lennon - Walls & Bridges (1974)
Be-Bop-A-Lula
John Lennon - Rock & Roll (1975)
Watching The Wheels
John Lennon - Double Fantasy (1980)